He settled back into the role of guildmaster with an ease that belied his actual thoughts, focusing on getting the grease on the wheels of trade flowing again. A couple of thieves had news on a new bandit group, and even knew their favorite lair. He did a little asking, before noting that they weren't associated with the thieves' guild, which meant he could toss the guard sergeant a bone, sending one of the two over to deliver a letter with the known specifics about the group. It would let him vent his spleen on a group of full criminals, rather than the ones that worked for him, who were somewhere between criminal and government enforcer.<br/><br/>He spent time with Arixia and Audrey, enjoying the noblewoman while he could, as he suspected chasing down the dragons' hoard would take at least a couple months, probably a lot longer. So he needed to show that his idea of having the shopkeepers pay a small fee for protection was better than actually robbing them. Less effort and annoyance all around for everyone, including the guard. Who knows, he thought, maybe when I get back, I will find the guild now does the same for all the little halls. He just focused on making sure the records were clear, though he was sitting on the last letter, waiting for the replacement guild leader. He hadn't said what had hired him, just that they had asked for the best the guild had, with enough gold to interest him. That it was a dragon was not known, though the last letter would drop that tidbit on the guild leader. It also told him about the star guardian and the riots, and how he had dealt with the paladin rather than open riots, as well as his acceptance in the assassin's guild. All in all, it was a letter full of proverbial fireballs, and he was going to be glad he would be out of pocket for a couple...<br/><br/>His thought process derailed at that point, as he realized the guild master would just have the guild associated bandits and the smaller halls keep an eye out for him, and report if they saw him. If he wanted to find Nameless, he would.