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located in Newhaven, a part of Shadows of The Past, one of the many universes on RPG.

Newhaven

One of the two warring cities of Valcrest

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(Sorry to post a lot, but I'm trying to catch this guy up.)

Thomas was starting to feel as if he was chasing shadows. He had gone through several journals so far, but thus far he hadn’t found anything. But then he found an journal from one the the court ladies that mentioned an old scandal. This was the kind of woman who saw everything, and told nobody but the pages that she wrote on. Actually, the woman seemed to hear everything that went on. It was a little erie.

Apparently a few ears ago the then Prince had taken an interest in a young orphan girl. Rumors about why had ranged from her being the then King’s illegitimate child to the then Prince having a sick interest in her. Thomas felt a spark of interest. At this point any lead was of interest for him.He worked faster, scanning through the pages. It seems that the rumors had gotten so bad that the child had been sent back to the orphanage after a year. Thomas pushed the journal aside and went to look through the official records. There was always some record of the orphans of the state, if only so long lost relatives might be able to track them later. It was the work of only a few minutes to dig out the records, but when he did it only lead him to more dead ends. At some point she had been taken from the orphanage on the authority of the King, for reason of suspected treason. She had been kept for quite some time in the dungeons. Reading between the lines, she had not been treated well. Which pretty much put paid to that line of inquiry. Even if the child had been illegitimate, she wouldn’t have been treated in such a manner, not by her own family. And anyway, records showed that she had disappeared sometime during the same time that the assassins killed the King. She had probably perished during the fighting and never been claimed. A heartbreaking story, but one that was all too common.

Thomas pushed away the records and scolded himself for wasting time on something that didn’t matter. He wasn’t looking for her, he was looking for the brother of their King. He sorted through the records again, searching for something pertaining to the Queen. She would have known what was going on, and there would have been few people for her to trust. Strangely though, there were no records that he could find. When he asked the Archivist, the old man sorted and shook his head.
“The King from then burned them all when he exiled her.”
Thomas felt excitement swell up in him.
“Exile? I thought that she, well, died or something.”
“Eh, no. I don’t rightly know why, but she was sent away years ago.”
Thomas suppressed the urge to shake the man.
“Where?”
The man looked up confusedly. “Hmm? Where what?”
“Where. Was. She. Sent?”
The old man snorted. “Where else? South. Where all the unwanted’s go.”
Finally he had a solid lead. Thomas packed and prepared for a journey of at least a week. First he had to get down there and then find the former Queen, in the hopes that she knew something more about what had happened back then.
Working quickly he left a message for both Commanders Mageria and Krander, if they managed to come back before he did. He gathered some supplies, and forced himself to rest for a short time. Then he left the Castle, heading south in the early morning light, riding one horse and leading another. If he was going to get answers, he needed them fast.