Gabriel gave small smile towards the knight and replies; "No, I am still serving the king. I had come here deliver duke's own daughter and his son which I killed on line if duty when they both attacked the castle. Duke is likely moving his daughter for prison time being before holds trial for her for her crime against the crown. But I do hold another task which is to deliver a message to all former king's knights and is reason why I asked duke summon you."<br/><br/>Same way as the knight Gabriel was direct but also concealed the fact that only part of the message is carried out by him, where the rest is told by king himself who is now holding helm which masks his facial features. When they depart Gabriel just silently gestures Michael to follow him. Gabriel was not much happy hear the angry tone from man's voice but he can understand hurt sense of pride but hopes part of it is based on what activities protectors did without king's knowledge, than honest hatred towards king himself.<br/><br/>Also he had wished a more private meeting gathering than courtyard but that must do for now, as hopefully there is no protector's nor rebel spies in present and hoping the word of the meeting does not get out from there. So once he walks to the courtyard he checks everyone who is present, check the knights and also anyone 'extra' in area. He tries bestly and politely guide any non-knight personnel out of courtyard for brief of time as he says the message what he is meant to say is meant to knights alone.<br/><br/>Once all arrangements, much as he can, are done he then moves to speaker stand, Michael standing behind him and he starts to speak; "I am bearing message from the king, but first I say that I am glad to see so many of you are still alive in these troubled times. No doubt you have heard what's going on kingdom; that there is rebel movement going on. But before I tell my message I brief you shortly news what has happened thus far in the city and the castle.<br/><br/>The rebels have most recently done direct attack on the castle and directed assault on king's military, the king's army. The attack was led by group of masked assailants, which most died in attack and have identified to be sons and daughter's of nobles and local important figures. We send their bodies in black coffins to their relatives and only survivor of the attack were those who withdraw early and also duke's daughter who I brought today alongside dead body of her brother.<br/><br/>Also I have met in person three leading rebel leaders, which one of them I identified to be grandmaster Gran. Because of this king declared that any trader or craftsman who belonged to the guild can break up from guild structure and become independent contractor to the crown with no penalty associated with it, while any merchant or trader or craftsman still in guild are considered illegal practitioners of the trade. As no doubt major funding to the rebels come from coffers of grandmaster himself.<br/><br/>What's the most there has been rumors about rebels having blood related bastard heir to the crown, this I can confirm is true. I was not aware of relationship what the king had with his wife and his mistress, but I had been informed that there is indeed a bastard daughter which was moved to secluded location by king's wishes to move his daughter from royal lineage related politics. So far as I know, the rebels had succeed kidnap the daughter and are likely using her as figurehead to bolster morale of their cause by selfish means."<br/><br/>Gabriel now holds pause and let knights digest the information what he told and observes their reaction for now. As he has not yet told the message what he brings from the king but sees how much knights knew what was going on in the kingdom, rebellion and overall in the things. Also he leaves room for knights ask confirmations or questions overall.