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Using the Brotherhood Spell Mind Charm you convince the sceptical officer that you really are telling the truth. Fearing a diplomatic row with the Dessian ambassador, he apologizes repeatedly for your arrest and he orders that your Weapons be restored to you at once. He then escorts you personally in a horse-drawn carriage to Lord Zinair’s residence—the Dessian Consulate—in the city’s North Quarter.

As the toadying officer and his carriage depart, you turn to face the entrance to the consulate building. With mounting anticipation, you climb the front steps and knock on its stout oak door.

Turn to 250.