Draiss shrugged and headed back out, returning in the evening with the rest of the patrols annihilated, though this time he had spells left over. He then requested an audience with the Lord, and informed the Lord that he had hired an information broker and gatherer to only work for him during the crisis. He also mentioned that while she was useful, he wouldn't be taking her with him against the lich, and would like to leave her here in the city to help identify any trouble spots forming inside the walls and then report them, so they could be dealt with before the problem exploded into a catastrophe, but he needed some for her to get the reports to him or whoever they needed to.<br/><br/>Once that was done and they had a plan ironed out, he returned to the tavern, waiting for both the party and his info broker.