Draiss nodded, before staring at the ground. "There are several ways of paying, and favors are sometimes more important. Give me the kitsune's name, and I can head back to get a feel for the power of the anger of the kitsunes at her being held. With any luck, I might be able to trade my tail for a less curse on you and yours, but I suspect that that is not going to happen."<br/><br/>He gave the sultan a flat look, before looking around. "I suspect a bad time is on its way for this land. You might want to hire a couple adventuring groups, to clear out bandits, before the kitsunes come around. This one was on her way here, but I suspect that she might be a blood relation rather than a racial one. Kitsunes might care about all their 'sisters', but an actual blood relation would be much more important."<br/><br/><em>Might be, but still a good idea to get her out of there. Being raped for seven years, even for an immortal, is likely to be traumatizing and I suspect you are going to have to have someone help her. No matter how hardy she was before. A pity really, I can have the shadow stalkers look for others, but they don't have any way to penetrate a personal illusion around a person. Is there something that they can be given that will help them look through the illusions? As they are constructs, and we are allies, I don't see any problems, and I rather do enjoy the alliance and the company. Nice having someone willing to molest and confront rather than blindly follow.</em>