The runner was no more than a young boy, maybe twelve years of age, clad in a light toga and with well worn leather sandals strapped about his ankles.  From his single belt pouch he pullled a scrap of parchment that simply read<br/><em>Velma Thunderaxe  <br/>Split Pig Tavern <br/>Come immediately <br/>Commander Rekterinias <br/>Do not delay</em><br/><br/>The boy handed it to her and shifted on his feet, obviously agitated at having to wait for the woman and said,<strong>“Please miss, the dragonborn said it was vital that you hurry!” </strong>Then if she followed, he took off as fast as he could go, without losing track of the bespectacled woman, headed for the northern section of town, dockside.<br/><br/>Upon arriving Velma realized why time was of the essence as a plate clad dragonborn woman, whom she knew as Commander Rekterinias was arguing with an angry looking man in the tabard of a Laelith defender.  A local captain, one she didn’t know overly well, though she did recognize his face, apparently in charge of mornings in this area of the city.  As she approached she heard the commander yelling, something that the normally collected dragonborne woman never did.<br/><br/><strong>“Because it’s one of my paladins that’s why and you know that your record for solving these crimes is atrocious Naran!” </strong>Commander Rekterinias yelled pointing at a warehouse.<br/><br/><strong>“So you think just because it’s one of your own you get to superceede the law?  The law you’re supposed to help us enforce?  The defenders investigate the crimes not the protectorate!” </strong>The captain, apparently named Naran, yelled right back at her, even going so far as to jab her with a chain mailed glove right in her breastplate.<br/><br/>The tension on the dragonborne woman’s face was obvious, her jaw clenched and it looked as if she might try to bite the human man she was arguing with.  But it was then that she turned and saw Velma,<strong>“Bahamut strike you down woman, do you not know the meaning of the words ‘do not delay?” </strong><br/><br/>But captain Naran would not be easily dismissed,<strong>“What is this another mage from the collective that you hired on your own personal coin?  Someone who only answers to you I suppose?  What are you hiding blue Rekterinias and why won’t you just let us do our job?”</strong><br/>