Devaguea spent a good amount of time with both delegations, listening to them and answering questions. It was refreshing dealing with sentients that were also aware that he was legally the biggest fish in the area, and his territory was only getting bigger. The respect was nice, but that they listened was nicer. The dragon duke let the dwarf talk with their clan, while his on people were moving into the area and setting up shops and sawmills. He was grateful that the religion of Erastil was so strong in the area, there were dozens of druids and rangers helping his companies and settlers set things up right initially, so they didn't have to fix it later. But right now, they were not preparing the land for the dwarves just yet, and wouldn't until the agreement was fully hashed out. With any luck, he would have a dwarven noble here to talk with; he wanted to know more about the race, as they were the second longest lived of the mortal races, beaten only by elves to his knowledge.<br/><br/>Then, a few days later, one of his patrols out by the area near Appaloosa unexpectedly turned up in the town. Then Maegar Varn came to find him. Discovering that actual slavers had been found in his kingdom made him immediately revert back to his draconic form, before he turned to Maegar Varn, crimson spilling down his head toward his chest as he waited for the Marshal to finish his briefing.<br/><br/>Thankfully, it was quickly revealed, to the relief of everyone else in the room as the temperature had spiked with the color change, that the actual slavers had been executed on the spot, and what was brought to town was collection of people not from his nation, and several individuals that had claimed to be forced to work with the slavers. After a moment of consideration, he sent Maegar Varn to Talia, to brief her and have her have a couple teams look into the 'forced slavers.'<br/><br/>If they were actually forced (or more likely, no evidence of guilt could be found), they would be charged for assault and battery, and punished as such, though only for a month in one of the better quarries the state ran. It would only be for a month or so, to ensure that others didn't try to weasel out of justice later. Sadly, he needed a precedent, and these poor fools were it. They weren't getting anything permanent done, which made him VERY lenient by the standards of other River Kingdoms, and would even let them stay after their punishment finished if they wanted.<br/><br/>A day later, he finally looked up as he realized what had been nagging at the back of his mind for a few days. "Where the fuck is Jubilost?"<br/><br/>Once he confirmed the map crew was actually missing, he went to his two divine casters and Allison, asking them to prepare any spells that could be used to find the missing group. The next day, they would be allowed to cast the spells at their convenience, and just notify him of the results.