Tehr grimaced, hoping that the spell to detect the man's thoughts might help to provide an image in his mind of who he sought, who he figured was behind this.  Though it was certainly a strong indication that Janne Faudin d'Dale  was the woman in question.  In the end however, Tehr was stuck making a hard decision.  Seeing this assassin pay for his crime, attacking him and harming Tera, or striking a deal to try to get his help in exchange for leniency.  Tehr stepped back, pondering for a good full minute while he thought over his options.  He knew that the mercenary would likely be fearful of his answer, and Tehr had to go over his options carefully.<br/><br/>The fact was that this could be a crushing blow against Dale.  With the trial getting ready to begin, and Johr Faudin d'Dale as the central point of the controversy surrounding the assassination on the queen, house Dale would be crippled.  But the fact would be that they wouldn't be harmless.  Their fortunes would be dashed, yes.  Their legacy tarnished, of course.  But as Tehr knew, Janne d'Dale would likely be able to seduce, scheme, or plot her way into a marriage that would benefit Dale in the long run.  She'd likely keep the house name alive by letting a merchant marry into the family, giving that merchant something money couldn't easily buy, nobility.  The infusion of cash would keep the house alive, and in time, they'd rebuild to become a threat again.  A minor pain, a slight inconvenience for many years at most.  For they'd be outcast among most circles.  But not all.  Tehr had to admit he didn't know who all of Dale's allies were, and who would help them rebuild and seek revenge.<br/><br/>A revenge that would be all but guaranteed in a generation or two once the court had moved past the betrayal of a long dead Johr.  Janne's child, or children, would most certainly harbor a deep resentment and plot towards Queen Elizibeth for the downfall of the once mighty house.  Likely, knowing how petty and scheming Janne was, they'd also continue to be a thorn in the side of house Wynt as well.  But here was a chance, a slim one at least, to show the duplicity of the nest of vipers that was House Dale.  If this was the doing of Janne, and she could be brought into the trial as well, might she not share the fate of her brother?  Even if she weren't put to death, it might be that she were exiled and would certainly be stripped of her title and holdings.  In any regard it would certainly leave her in almost no position to mount a revenge plot.  And if she were tied into the plot against the queen, if her actions against a fellow member of nobility were looked at as an offshoot of the treasonous poisoning, then certainly she'd share a gibbet hanging from tower bridge to rot in the sun next to her brother.<br/><br/>Nobility was usually offered a more humane death, the headsman's axe, but not for such a capital crime as attempted assassination of the queen.  Were she to share Johr's fate in this, Tehr would have to make a point to go visit the cages and spit down upon their bodies at least once a week.<br/><br/>Tehr grimaced, knowing what he must do, even though he didn't like it.<br/><br/>"If you help me bring the woman who hired you to justice, I shall see to it that the maximum leniancy is given to you.  You may serve jail time, that is not for me to decide.  You may be exiled to your home country.  You may even be simply sent to the country to work off your crime for a year or two.  I can not say, that is a matter for the courts.  But I will tell you this...  If you help me, if you bring this woman to justice, if you help catch the captain, and do all this with no more duplicity, then I shall try my hardest to see that you are not punished overly harshly.  I will see that the courts go easy on you as best I can.   But, if you do not, if you do not agree to help me....."   Tehr's face turned and he glowered darkly at the man, angry at him for his actions and for forcing him to make a deal with this villian, "I shall summon the very fires of hell here and now to burn your flesh slowly from your bones."<br/><br/>Invoking a small cantrip, just one that created a small illusion, one that made it appear his hands burned with red green hell fire, he pointed them at the man and growled in a low voice, "So decide, do you wish to help me and do the right thing bringing the other criminals to justice?  Or do you wish to burn?  Because I'll have your word or your life and it is your choice."<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">Roll Result: rhev rolled: 1d20, adding 5to the total<br/>Comment: Tehrs intimidate<br/>Result: 10, <br/>Total: 15<br/><br/>Tehr is intimidating again... i figure the fact that he WILL kill the man and his speech might give a bonus to the roll, but I didn't add that in, so the reaction is up to you.</div></div>