Jian listened to Alana seriously though raising a brow slightly as the talk carried on to the different topics of what she might be asked to do. Well, it made sense, they had gotten a touch more difficult job this time around but it might reward them well or leave them with trouble for later as well. So all in all, the only thing they could do was to do their job and try and do it well. Thinking it over, she nod her head slightly and smiled at Alana at her deducion about the Commander and the possibility of manipulation in her case.<br/><br/><strong>"You are right, we have to see if we can fnid any leads among the guards. As for the item that is missing, I imagine that someone could either use it for some form of humiliation, blackmail, or to use whatever magic it has siphoned from its use by a powerful paladin into fuelling some dark rites. After all, its the kind of items that have soaked up in a particular sort of presence that tend to be most effective, and what would be more 'charged' than a Paladin Ruler's holy symbol that has been carried for years?"</strong>She smiled a bit in thought, trying to think about the motive, though again it was mere suspicions and thinking a bit wildly.<br/><br/><strong>"Hmmm, on the primal arts, I have focused on the magic though I know a bit about other spell schools too of course. Still, there's a lot of mysteries to be solved still. I can try and find out about it with the clues there are, but I have not worked with ritual invocations for quite a while."</strong>She smiled in a thoughtful manner, before drawing a soft breath, the finger's trail along her skin having her smiling at Alana.<strong>"I could try, but I wonder if I would flood the area with my own primal magic if I studied it with a rite of my own."</strong>She smirked a little at the thought, trying to recall her mentor's words about those things long past. Was there a way to 'taste' them magic that had taken place there before?<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Figure it would be a Knowledge (Arcane) check perhaps, but figuring that the roll should be at DM hands so I don't know if she found out anything, if she was picking up on a totally wrong lead, or if she finds something on a roll then I only know that. Anyhow, Knowledge (Arcana) is at +12. <br/>Quick Link to Character Sheet (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=621805)<br/></div></div>