"First off, that would have been a better idea, but not by much.  Still got my magic, which means I'm still loyal to my faith." she pointed out, but then continued "Now, just like this was a battle, what are the enemy's strengths?  They're manipulators, they know how to work people, and they operate from shadows where you can't see them.  Look at the situation they put you paladins in; if you say no to their request, it makes you look biased and the guilds come down hard on you, but if you say yes you give a public tribute to evil in prime location to build power the way they know how.  Likewise, you can't OPENLY investigate them with all the secrecy giving you no place to start, plus if you did that they'd cry victim.  So you'd have to be sneaky, infiltrate, something you shiny armor-plated dragons don't do very well - no offense - and then it REALLY looks like you're picking them out and gives them an even BETTER chance to cry victim and rally support.  To be honest, this could double as an attempt at deposing the powers at be in favor of someone more... corruptable.  Way it is now, you're playing a game against the house that's rigged, stacked, and the house wins either way.<br/><br/>"So, change the game!" Ylene suggested, grinning "Only sufficiently-sized faiths can get their own temples yes?  Make them provide VERIFIABLE proof of sufficiently sized membership, doubling with giving you a list of names of the faith that you can keep an eye on.  Likewise you all run the law, and myself, Miss Hellfire of the Mages, another mage whom works with me, and one of the Laelith Defenders as you know were witness to the machinations of a priestess of Ah'mie six months ago, so you could call a meeting and have them answer for her actions, maybe even force them to provide her to you for arrest before you would clear them.  You could also drag the various faiths into it if you wanted, make it so that the voices of the people drown out the voices of Ah'mie, and the High Lord Protector would 'have' to listen to them as the citizens speak.  The point is if you keep it quiet, if you keep it under the table, they will win, so bring things into the open so they have to operate outside of their comfort zone."