The Commander handed Ith'ika the bundle of papers without the slightest bit of hesitation, after she got done watching the exchange between the companions.  "Something about a missing sage.  I give you full operational authority to handle it.  Our demon will handle any transport issues."  Saithe said bluntly, lighting a cigar on her way out the door.  "You can do with the dog girl as you wish, Garrett."  Saithe advised, not slowing in the slightest as she left.  The demon to which Saithe alluded was one of the bound servitors of the Rekkenmark academy, Elrathis Nyarlo; a Rakshasa of slightly above average puissance.   He was bound to a particular room in the basement, where he made quite a comfortable lifestyle completing puzzles and managing scrolls of ritual magic.  The demon was also an accountant, and a very good one.  He managed the finances of the unit.<br/><br/>The documents Ith'ika had been given detailed the flight/defection of one of Karrnath's leading Necrotheurges; Count Vedim ir'Omik.  The necromancer, thought mad by many, set loose all of the creations in his lab at Irontown, then managed to board a lightning rail coach in the ensuing chaos.  Members of the secret police managed to track him to an inn in Vedykar, but he successfully covered his escape by releasing undead he had created during the night, killing four secret police agents.  While raiding Vedim's room, the secret police located receipts for tickets on an airship headed for Breland.  The secret police ordered a freeze on all airship flights ten minutes after the airship departed.  This was 36 hours ago.   Authorities have Count Omik's lab sealed but not secured, and the death toll in iron town has climbed to over 75.<br/><br/>A few seconds after Saithe left, four individuals in white cloaks entered the room.  They stood in a clump by the door, pulling out ID badges.  "We are Knights phantom, coming under diplomatic immunity from the Aundairian embassy, and we hereby request that you return the royal among you to our custody."  The lead individual announced, while all four displayed their IDs.  They looked quite authentic, although the Knights almost certainly had snuck into the building to get to a military part of the Academy.  With their heavy concealing cloaks, it was hard to tell if they were armed or armored, though Knights Phantom typically like to come reasonably well armed and armored.<br/><br/>