Treachery Revealed

Three days have passed, so Mithras' plans should have come to fruition by now.

Mithras is now totally sure that Azariah is the thief. However, the Parliament of Bugs will not accept an unjustified arrest that could potentially slow down the town's economic production even further if it is not Azariah who is the thief. To this end, Mithras says we need to catch Azariah red-handed. When I asked how we were going to do this, Mithras simply said: "The word's already on the streets. Haven't you heard the rumors?"

Everyone in Ranyon-ruhn is talking about the rumors that Galdasi Thendas, the 'shame of thieves' has actually managed to steal a large amount of stocked ebony from the mine. Apparently it was Simeth who caught her.

Simeth was happy that "everything was going according to plan". When I asked him what he meant, it turns out that he and Mithras arranged with Galdasi that they would falsely accuse her of stealing ebony. Now, I must go and demand to see Azariah's ledgers, to 'determine how much she stole', to reveal his treachery.

Azariah Thelas claimed his ledgers had just been moved to the Mine Office, so I'll need to find where they are. Once found, I must compare the figures in both the normal ledger at the Mine Offices, which shows how much ebony has been moved to storage, and Azariah's ledger, which shows how much is actually in storage.

The ledgers showed no decrease in the amount of ebony stocked from the amount of ebony moved. This confirms that Azariah is the thief.

Master Mithras was glad that his plan had worked, and told me to go and bring Azariah before him for interrogation.

When I got to Azariah's house, it was abandoned.

Simeth told me that he had been watching Azariah's house carefully, and had not seen anyone leave. Azariah must have escaped with teleportation.

Mithras was irritated that Azariah had been able to escape, and told me that he would have the stocks carefully searched to determine how much ebony Azariah had really stolen.