Please let Jalor Indo know that I'm truly sorry. He will not have any more trouble from me or House Hlaalu. I promise on my honor.

[Calitia falls silent all of a sudden. She looks nervous.] Alright, I confess. I learned that Jalor Indo was forging weapons and armor for House Indoril and put the powder in his forge. But I didn't mean to harm him! I meant only to sabotage his work. The powder was supposed to make any metal worked in the forge brittle and render the weapons and shields useless. I truly hold no ill-will towards Jalor Indo! I ask the Temple for its forgiveness. Here, take this money to Jalor Indo. Tell him that I'm sorry.

Alright, %PCName. I don't want Ordinators to question me. I confess. I learned that Jalor Indo was forging weapons and armor for House Indoril and put the powder in his forge. But I didn't mean to harm him! I meant only to sabotage his work. The powder was supposed to make any metal worked in the forge brittle and render the weapons and shields useless. I truly hold no ill-will towards Jalor Indo! I ask the Temple for its forgiveness. Here, take this money to Jalor Indo. Tell him that I'm sorry.

I am not lying to you, %PCName. I swear it by the Three and all the Saints that I know nothing of this powder you speak of.

Good. This discussion was starting to feel worse than pointless.

Powder? What powder? I have no idea what you're talking about. Am I being accused of something? Well, yes, I am a proud %Rank of %Faction and I get paid to advance their interests here in Almas Thirr. But I am just an errand girl, not an assassin. Surely, there's nothing that goes against the Temple Law in that? Or has the Temple chosen to side with the Indoril warmongers?

Thank you for your help, %PCName.

I already told you what I want. Justice. Commander Silsi must know what the Hlaalu did to me.

The Hlaalu poisoned me, %PCName! If Calitia is allowed to get away with it, who's to say what they'll do next? I demand justice! Either I get it from the Temple or from the Indoril.

Thank you, %PCName. You are a true friend. Commander Silsi will make sure Calitia gets the punishment she deserves.

Forgive me, %PCName, but the Temple seems to sit idly by as the Hlaalu take over these lands, and replace our ancient laws and customs with their greed and Imperial corruption. I want justice. Either I get it from the Temple or from the Indoril. I hope Lloris Dalan will tell you to do what's right.

So, that damned Imperial woman is to blame! No, I don't want her bloody money. I want justice! I have always been a faithful servant of the Temple, but the Temple failed to protect me from the serpent that is House Hlaalu. Perhaps, the Indoril can give me the justice I want. Will you help me, %PCName? Go to commander Irnami Silsi, in the Northern Lighthouse on the east bank, and tell her what the Hlaalu did to me! Commander Silsi will make sure that Calitia gets the punishment she deserves!

I hope you get some answers from Calitia. She's often running errands here on the market bridge.

Thank you for your help, %PCName.

I think you're grasping at straws there, %PCName.

Yeah, you've got that right. I don't know why she'd want to hurt me, though, even if she's a Hlaalu henchman. She seemed happy enough with the halberd I made for her. Maybe you should question her, %PCName.

The Hlaalu hireling is an Imperial woman named Calitia. She's often running errands here on the market bridge. She visited me twice -- first to place her order of one steel halberd and then to collect it a few days later.

The courier was one of the guards from the Indoril garrison on the east side. I don't remember his name or his face. He brought with him a letter of order from commander Irnami Silsi. The order was quite large and I haven't finished forging everything they wanted yet! Like I said, I don't think the Indoril are to blame for the powder.

The courier was one of the guards from the Indoril garrison on the east side. I don't remember his name or his face. He brought with him a letter of order from commander Irnami Silsi. The order was quite large and I haven't finished forging everything they wanted yet!

I don't think there's anything unusual about the weapons and armor order. Frankly, I think it's high time that House Indoril took the threat of House Hlaalu encroaching on their land seriously. Are you implying they might be behind the powder? I don't think so. Why would they want to poison me?

Alright.

I'd very much like to know who put that damned powder in my forge. Other than myself and you, no one has entered my workshop in the past few weeks except one courier bringing me an order from commander Irnami Silsi of Indoril and one Hlaalu hireling who bought a steel halberd from me.

I understand. You must be awfully busy. Thank you for your help, anyway.

Thank you, %PCName. It's good to know that the Temple takes care of its followers. Well, I have never slighted anyone and no one has ever slighted me. Still, is it possible that someone could've tried to poison me? I've always kept the door locked when I'm out here. Other than myself and you, no one has entered my workshop in the past few weeks except one courier bringing me an order from commander Irnami Silsi of Indoril and one Hlaalu hireling who bought a steel halberd from me.

So, the powder is what has been making me sick this whole time. I don't know how it got into the forge, though. I certainly didn't put it there. With the powder removed, I'm sure I'll recover in no time, and for that you have my thanks, %PCName. But I would very much like to know where the powder came from.