The duke nod his head seriously, looking at Gabriel seriously at the time before letting out a heavy sigh.<strong>"I cannot ask for more. If my son at least died in a honorable combat, I am satisfied. Losing him is a reason for sorrow, but at least he can expect to reach the filds of eternal battle in afterlife if he fought bravely, even if for a bad cause. I hope he was just mislead, not truly lost."</strong>The duke sighed wearily at this but finally nodded.<br/><br/>The two knights that took the duke's daughter away were dressed in a set of crimson metal, scalemails that were well made, almost convincing they were actual dragon scales, but the metallic shine in the red scales spoke against it still. Nonetheless, these men escorted the duke's daughter away, past her father who cast her a pained look but said nothing.<br/><br/><strong>"Rest assured I intend to question my daughter on this matter. If she has been mislead, and I truly believe it, I will be lenient but she <em>did</em> commit treason so I doubt the King would be happy if I was too soft on her punishment. As for if she commited the act willingly and with full knowledge, without misleading and false information, I cannot forgive even my own daughter for such acts."</strong><br/><br/>Neither the duke or his men appeared evil, they were either good or neutral it appeared, but the Dragon Guard had something that Gabriel could notice. Neither carried symbols of Iomedae, but instead held swords with the symbols of a crimson dragon rising up the hilt towarsd the blade. Masterwork in design.