He smirked, and let Bear finish his meal in peace. Once he finished, Nameless continued. "Might have, though he has a couple other lieutenants bucking for promotions, and that would have gotten this post had I not gone to him and told him I was exhausted and done with that last job.<br/><br/>Anyway, the reports that the guild master have been... carefully filtered. There were certain incidents that I did not feel... comfortable relating to him while I was trying to deal with them."<br/><br/>He pulled his only glove off, the hand flat on the table as he glared at the guild sigil tattooed on it, where Bear could see it. "The paladin was drawn here to be assassinated. Not by the assassins but by a rogue dragon. Who would have burned the town to the ground to get to him. Bandits had raided the dragon's hoard, and the trail led back to the town, and the paladin wouldn't have let a red live after it brazenly attacked the town. The dragon would have won, leaving them weak enough to get picked up by the master mind of the ruse.<br/><br/>I destroyed that plan by stopping the dragon's attack. She is the one that hired me for the job that caused me to request a replacement Bear."<br/><br/>He paused, taking a long pull from the tankard, and refilling it, letting Bear digest the news, as well as the implication that much more had been going on.