Chapter 25
DURING THE NEXT few days, the daily reports delivered to Isandor by the Knights contained a lot more violence than usual. A man was murdered in an inn room, and three shops suffered arson attacks. The Knights had to diffuse a street brawl, and two men were put into the dungeons for thuggery, but two more escaped by ship.
The perpetrators and victims had one thing in common: the were all Aranian.
The news chilled Isandor, because the register of foreigners was still incomplete and Rider Barton had not identified the main troublemakers.
He called for the council’s Aranian advisor, Rider Farey, who was half-Aranian and who had served in the Knights for a long time.
“The rumours are that Prince Nayek was killed,” said Farey. “No one can definitely confirm it, but the powerful m
