The ride through Londinium soon brought Tehr to his home, and on entering, he found Angelique present now. Smiling and bowing, she waited with a cup of hot coffee ready, looking at him as she saw him entering. Bowing her head, Angelique spoke up seriously. "I have been following a lead, Master, and I believe I found out something that you might like knowing." She took a step closer, holding out a map of the kingdom and its shoreline. Marked on it were the southern and eastern shores, with both the Saari and also part of the southern Dale and Remes family ports, and then a stretch, around the capital city of Londinium. Marked on that map, were the three closest ports to Londinium itself.<br/><br/>"The house Dale is interested in securing power and support because their decade-long agreement on holding the<em>capital port</em>finishes in time with this next ball. They're there to petition the Queen to grant them the rights to those ports for another ten years, competing with the Remes family. They aren't a major force when it comes to ships, but controlling the ports allows them to make income of anything brought to the capital city by sea." Her expression was a bit sly.<br/><br/>"Guess which of the families that owns and knows how to manage ports is<em>not</em>invited, for some reason?" She put the map down again. "Interesting enough." She frowned though. "On that note, the ir'Dale that visited here earlier stopped by a while ago, inquiring if he could borrow the house, and<em>myself</em>for the evening. I requested he contact you himself, so he might be back, but in the meanwhile he did leave a note."