[Post Here First!] Northern Aozora Border

Ralf pulled his blade from Mariah's corpse, a steady flow of blood dripping from its tip. "Aye, I am alright," he replied to Ram Jam. The mercenary observed the dagger which he had unsuccessfully attempted to pull from Mariah earlier, and then looked at Isembard , approaching the man to shake his hand. "Well met, Isembard, I am Ralf Valgard. I am honored to have fought beside you today."

The Varan sellsword then pointed at the dagger. "I'd like to claim the dagger... unless you you already had you eye on it." Ralf simply looked at Isembard and waited for an answer. If nothing else, he would pull the dagger from its resting place and keep it as loot and as a trophy...

The gates open to let the carriage into the compound. There would be an inspection first before they were let through to continue on. While waiting for the Inspection Director, one of the men was consulting a reference notebook which had flags of known factions detailed within. He would pass on the information that they do seem to be who they say they are.

The Inspection Director came over and would talk to one of the knights. "Welcome to Aozora! For the security, we just need to check out the carriage before you can proceed. If you could empty it of passengers first that would be helpful, apologies for the holdup."

Isembard

Searching the rest of Mariah you would find various tools an assassin would use like wire and small knives, in one pouch there are some Norkari coins. You've never seen currency like this before since the Norkari are a reclusive civilization, but these are a clue to Mariah's former identity.

Ralf Valgard, the White Wolf

This dagger glows in reaction to magic and being cut by it's blade can drain mana. If enough mana has been drained the dagger can shoot the stored mana as a beam, creating a magical burn on its victims. During her years as an assassin, Mariah would often be assigned to kill mages and this dagger was great for crippling a caster so they couldn't fight back.


Queen Audrey I von Audria

Satisfied with the inspection the carriage is allowed to continue on its way to the rest of Aozora. The south exit led to the capital city Itami-cho and the town of Fletcher, the east exit leads to the town of Taloum.

On the way to Itami-cho it can be seen that construction is being done to the city walls. Recently a project was approved by the Marquis to fortify the walls with new experimental materials. Most of the city wall was still basic, but some sections were now covered in a hard dark substance. This substance was a by-product of a scar beast the farmers of Fletcher were domesticating, One of these beasts could be seen under the control of the workers and it seemed to be a large insect that was now spewing gunk onto another part of the wall which will harden in a couple days.