[Riconus Xind'ell]

Riconus shared a laugh with Parreyon over Arkahn's character, glad to see that he could look back on that incident with a greater deal of calm, as opposed to when it first transpired. "Yes, Arkahn was indeed a unique inidividual, but I'm glad that we have been able to move on from those unfortunate times.

And thank you, Liselle. Yes, the journey here went smoothly." replied he to Liselle as well, before taking his seat at the table, and removing a small folder from within the breast pocket of his coat. He listened as Parreyon gave everyone a general summary of the entire incident, and agreed with his assesment as indicated by the nodding of his head from time to time. There was, however, a small issue that he had to clear just before revealing the progress of his investigations.

"Thank you, Parreyon." said Riconus as he was instructed to take the floor, and stood up from his chair. "I should just point out quickly, that what the Herald wrote was done by an independant, and not myself. It's unfortunate that the article was written so quickly, but as we're all well aware, the media has a habit of perceiving, and not knowing. And most assuredly, no one in this room can be accused of racism or baring false witness because of that."

From there, Riconus took out a series of replica letters from his folder, and began issuing it to all members within the meeting. It was signed by chief medical officers of both civilian and military institutions within Portshire. "Now then, here's what we know for certain regarding these attackers.

The group was made of approximately seventy individuals, all full-bred vysticchi in race. All combatants were skilled in combat techniques, and fought under the banner of three barbari noble houses; that of the Kitrye'veresi, Chaos Dawn and Embracing Oblivion families, who collectively rule over the city of Har'oloth. However, there are some considerable concerns regarding Har'oloth's involvement, and I would direct you to the medical report on these soldiers.

Those combatants we were able to capture have all had their tongues removed, and most have had their ear drums shattered, indicating that the true sponser of this attack wanted to ensure his soldiers were useless if interrogated. As well, we would be hard-pressed to believe that Har'oloth would raise such an insufficient offensive... especially when we consider how potent their attack was against my brothers & sisters in Syl'rosya." Riconus' face almost seemed to harden at the memory of the vysticchi's savage assault on his homeland, which to the brightening, had yet to be avenged by the Empire. Still, he tried to put aside such dark reminders, and returned his focus on the task at hand.

"Such measures would suggest a third party might be setting Har'oloth up, but the 'who?' and 'why?' is yet to be figured out yet. What's unfortunate, is that with our POWs being so incapacitated, there's little chance of extracting their true origin.

The only reason I can imagine for Portshire to be targeted would have to be that it is so close to the Imperial Capitol, and that their ability to venture so far away from their homeland is a symbol of their power. Another consideration might be that the once prominent slave trade in Portshire has been abolished under my thaneship, which I imagine has resulted in a significant loss for the vysticchi's underground trafficking." Following his words, Riconus returned to seat, but would stand again if it was requested for him to speak further regarding any issue.