"A tragedy has brought me here — one that has been looming over my family for a while, or perhaps one that has
"A tragedy has brought me here — one that has been looming over my family for a while, or perhaps one that has already come to pass. You see, Your Grace, two months ago my elder brother, Tomin Hanvaki, went missing. After leaving Gralton, where our family resides, he headed northwest. His destination, as we found out later, was a village called Varnhold, but he never arrived there. Your capital is the last place he was seen alive."
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