<span class="bbc_u"><strong>TREMERETTE</strong></span><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/99/de/80/99de80dd4fb18a5a2b5229f5fe73ae72.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Twin Oxenbridge</span></strong></span><br/>Human Wizard 1<br/><hr/><br/>Twin watched the changeling from behind the horizon of his tea cup as she read Kathra's missive about her cousin.  When she finished, he sat back in his chair, closing his eyes, parsing the alleged letter in his mind for some clue.  Did some nefarious meaning lie in the phrasing "who may well have some work to keep me busy in this next phase of my life"?  Having never known the woman, it was difficult for him to find some hidden meaning in her wording.<br/><br/>"Thank you," Twin said after Clara read the letter.  He then blew out the candle and vanished it with a gesture.  He rose to stand.<br/><br/>"I have been a brute to you, and for that, I sincerely apologize," he said.   "I do understand your confusion, my lady, and I sympathize.  There<em>is</em>a mystery afoot, and I am afraid that it will force me to call upon you for help in the future.  We must be confederates now, for I fear Kathra's life may be in danger.  For you see..."<br/><br/>"Harsk Brighthammer was the rightful heir of the<strong>Lost Mine of Phandelver</strong>.  When he died, the ownership of the mine was transferred to the Rockseekers by and through Harsk's last testament.  Harsk was wise enough to prevent his children from inheriting the mine, but under ancient Dwarven custom, he could not extinguish the ownership rights of his wife.<br/><br/>"... The matter of ownership, of course, would not be an issue under most circumstances, as the mine has been lost for ages.  Ownership in a lost mine is of little import to legal scholars.  But the Rockseekers have rediscovered the mine, but kept its discovery a secret.   Indeed, shortly after its discovery, Harsk died under the most suspicious circumstances."<br/><br/>"When I came to you, begging to know of the contents of that letter, I wanted to know whether Kathra knew about the mine, or whether she may have suspected that her husband may have been killed by one of Gundren's brothers."