Jubilost returned after a little more than a month, with a smug look on his gnomish face - even<em>more</em>smug than usual, for him! He gave his debriefing, providing a detailed accounting of the regions north of the lake, and west of the mountains, all with the arrogant, smug smile on his face. He was holding onto something, and was clearly building up anticipation of it. When he finished the description of the northern part of the lake, he ended, simply, with a smirk, stating, "And then I decided that we needed to return here." All the whole, his smirk grew wider, and he seemed to be almost bursting at the seams with the desire to share the secret he'd been holding out on.<br/><br/>When Devaguea refused to play into the gnome's game, the intrepid cartographer merely chuckled. "Hmm, not curious about what brought me back, so soon? I'm sure she'll be disappointed to hear that."<br/><br/>The next few months in the capitol were fairly quiet, though Olegton certainly drew its fair share of attention; beginning with the discovery of a banner, believed to have once been held by Choral the Conqueror's army, followed by an incursion of Technic League slavers who attempted to kidnap people on the outskirts of the city, and culminating in a visit from Lander Lebeda, heir of the Brevic house of Lebeda, to visit the banner, himself.