>>5311179>>5311428The voices begin to recount what they witnessed to Brad, starting over from the top. However, no sooner have they truly begun than he stops them.
“And what was the name of this ship?” he asks simply.
To this, the voices can’t provide an immediate response, but as they reach into the recesses of their collective memory, they find the exact image of what they had witnessed is not hard to conjure. The man on the bow of the ship that they had seen comes into focus with the sort of surreal clarity of the sight, and just beyond his person in the frame, there is the bow, written upon it “Donovan’s Pride”.
And that seems to catch the old wizard’s attention, his inscrutable expression turning to one of surprise.
“Donovan’s Pride? Are you absolutely certain?”
In response, they once more test their capabilities to send the image into the wizard’s mind, finding the task surprisingly easy even without him directly wearing the bracer.
“I see…” he says meditatively. “These stars… Given the season and the year and a bit of digging, I could…”
“Brad.” Now it is Cassandra’s turn to interject.
“I was getting to it!” the old man insists. “Though really, the fact I have to explain the significance of that name to a member of your generation is- Regardless, the point being, Donovan’s Pride was a ship entrusted with a very important mission, its charge to deliver a vast amount of wealth between nations in order to ensure a ceasefire.
“The payment, however, never arrived. As a result, the republic of Sarda collapsed, and in the bloody civil war that followed, thousands of lives were lost. If the implication that you are getting at is that the Stone Isles had a hand in that… Well, it would reframe quite a bit of history.”
“But can we prove it?” Cassandra asks pointedly.
“Not at present, no…” the old man admits. “The visions of a lone child and the testimony of her council of otherworldly voices likely would not carry sufficient sway on their own to bring these accusations to a court, let alone a court of nations. For that you would need incontrovertible proof: eyewitnesses, contemporaneous written accounts, ledgers.”
> What to do?> [] For now, maybe what everyone needs is some rest.> [] Try to think of a way to strengthen your case. How?> [] Other. Write-in. 