RUMULD LOCATION: Protected and Sealed Rumuld had been excited to see what they looked like up close, so it came as a major letdown when the Senator greeted him instead. The weedy-looking man wore his medals and his sash, but the show of power didn’t work on Rumuld. Marcus—his brother—had let slip that the Senator had never been deployed. The jeweled wrist chain and rings were an ostentatious show of wealth. Again, this did not impress Rumuld. Family money—the Senator had none of his own. Mommy’s pet. Literally. She paraded her Senator son out at every ball. The excitement of the moment quickly returned as Rumuld was led into the meeting room and he saw the sole occupant. At last. Rumuld stared at the smaller … man? His skin crawled. Humanoid certainly, with weird buggy eyes. Didn’t sit

