You saw him, and so did they. But I don't think anyone will be seeing him again now. It must be his time to rest.

When you have Darathes' remains and are ready to begin, I will confess my crime. Ayem willing, he'll forgive me.

We don't need to talk about that anymore.

All that unpleasantness has been taken care of, thanks to you.

I don't think I'll be seeing him again. I hope not, anyway.

You need to bring Darathes' remains to the Temple before he can be put to rest.

So you say there was no ghost in there after all? Maybe I was briefly mistaken. It's been very stressful coming back home to perform, and it would have been ridiculous for him to show up anyway. You can tell Balis I'll be back soon. He'll provide you a reward, I'm sure. I can't imagine the rest of the cast would've made any progress without me.

What are you trying to say? That I didn't really see a ghost in there? That I'm crazy for thinking I saw one? Well, you're wrong. I know what happened to me, and if you aren't going to listen, then you had better get out of my room!

Wait. You say Darathes Soril's ghost appeared at the theater, and told you I murdered him? Well. I've been lying for too long anyway. It's... it's all true. And if confessing that in public is what it takes for the ghost not to kill me, I'll do it. I'll go back to the theater soon, and I can tell you where Darathes' remains are. But I also want to thank you, Speaker. For favoring the living as well as the dead.

Wait. You say there was a ghost at the theater whose soul you trapped, and it called me a murderer? I can't believe it. It must have been the wraith of Darathes Soril -- he was an actor in the same company as me years ago. He always knew I was better than him, but couldn't bear that I'd go on to better things and attacked me in a fit of jealousy one day. I had to defend myself, and he died. You must have thwarted some plan of his to get back at me. Take this as your reward, and tell Balis I'll be back soon.

You're sure? I suppose... I suppose I might have been briefly mistaken. It would have been ridiculous for him to show up anyway. Maybe the stress is just getting to me. You can tell Balis I'll be back soon. He'll provide you a reward, I'm sure. I can't imagine the rest of the cast would've made any progress without me.

You're wrong. The rest of them told me that, and they're wrong too. If you aren't going to listen to me, then get out of my room!

It can't be too late to make things right, though. I stashed away Darathes' remains in the sewers, but I still remember where they were. And if you could bring them back to the Eight-Bones Temple to be buried, maybe he'd see that I've changed. I'd make a generous contribution to the Temple and his burial on top of that, of course. I'd be willing to risk going back to the theater afterwards, even if it might not work. Please, %PCName. Do this for me.

No! No, you mustn't believe -- it's all lies! I swear, I'm... No. I've been lying too long myself. That ghost's name was Darathes Soril, and he spoke truly. We were actors in the same same theater company years ago. He was the lead, and obviously destined for great things. I was some young upstart jealous of his talent, and I couldn't bear the thought that he'd go to act all over the world while I was left in the dust. So I tricked him into staying after at the theater one day and murdered him.

Well? Did you find it? Is it out of the theater?

It appeared when we were rehearsing Act III, Scene IV, and screamed my name. It looked hurt. And very angry. So I ran off stage, and out of the theater, and I think I'll keep running all the way to Nibenay if Balis and the company can't make sure it's gone.

It appeared when we were rehearsing some scene and screamed at me, so I ran off stage. It hasn't followed me out of the theater. I think. But I haven't been sleeping much, just in case. I'll be leaving Narsis before long, if Balis and the company can't make sure it goes away.

How did you know about that? Get out of my room!

The only ghostly figure around here is Mederyl Llendules. I hope he haunts you for the rest of your days, %PCName.

You didn't actually believe him, did you? Although it would explain a few things.

I can't believe he was telling the truth. I think I'm going to visit the Eight-Bones Temple later to pray.

I'm sure he's just seeing things. Maybe he's been overworked. You don't actually believe him, do you?

Yes, yes, it was very impressive. I just wonder how I'll best replicate the effects for something like that. Summoning is a classic, but you still need some actor to do the speaking most of the time. Hmm.

Wasn't that what Mederyl was talking about seeing earlier? Did something happen on stage?

So is Mederyl going to be arrested or are we supposed to pretend he didn't just admit to murder?

I can't believe that happened. I wouldn't have thought Mederyl could do something like that, but he's always a been a bit of an emotional firebrand.

What ghostly figure?