Domshark, I'm not really sure what you were going for with your last post. o.O Your character just basically offered to murder the king in front of the queen, the princess, and several guards whose duty it is protect the king at all cost. He also made it fairly obvious that he was hoping for the peace talks to fail (and has financial insentive to actively try to scuttle them) so he can break into the castle and get paid to murder someone--that seems like grounds for execution.<br/><br/>Now maybe in private, the Queen would take him up on all that--although San would have to be very well informed to know that--but if this is a monarchy rather than an absolute dictatorship she can't publicly admit or even imply that she supports murdering her rivals in secret. She almost has to come down on him or risk drawing suspicion--which she really can't afford because she actually has been poisoning people.<br/><br/>I don't know, am I off base here with this assesment? If I'm missing something, let me know. I know San claims he's a scout who has to be returned or else the peace talks won't even start, but that's impossible to prove. Even if everyone believes him, I think a person who supports Theiri would rather just kill him and ask for a new scout rather than wait around on the possibility for their king or other important officials to be murdered.<br/><br/>And keep in mind the Queen herself might also be targeted, as San can't 100% control who he will be hired to kill. I'm definitely not trying to be mean here, but I feel all this really needs to be addressed or we lose any sense of character motivation.