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"He’s the adopted son of Aurelius Ander, of a once-powerful faenerations Moburu was adopted at fifteen, before that, we can’t find any record or recollection of hiive some credence to his claim of Ursuul patrih to make you believe he’s an Ursuul," Istariel said

The aent and charis was ever found to link him to the scandals and disappearances that see’s sister bore a daughter, Yva Lucrece Corazhi The child and her wet nurse disappeared At the same time, Moburu led his company--all of theht beside the Khalidorans There are wild tales surrounding that, but most of Moburu’s company escaped and headed north"

"You believe he kidnapped the child?"

"What I believe has no relevance Some very powerful people in Skon insist that he did not They are having a harder ti why he has taken an entire coh soenerals who don’t wish to appear fools who have not discouraged such whispers There are even those who clai to recover Yva Lucrece"

"It appears to me that this man must be declared a traitor," Istariel said "Otherwise, if he joins Khalidor again, this ti war on the Chantry"

The slight wince that passed the aument he had presented to his superiors himself "Our response to Captain Ander will be deter the first to know" A leence," he said, "you never did turn over that intelligence you told us about a few o," he said "But let’s return to that in a ht tell us so is supposed to be, and how one identifies hi you won’t "

"Meaning it is wise to know all one can about one’s enemies--and friends"

Istariel took another slow sip of ootai, considering "The High King is a legend mostly confined to the rural areas of Khalidor, Lodricar, Cenaria, and Ceura His conized by the Chantry We keep track of prophecies spoken by those who have the perishingly rare Talent of prophecy We think of that one as sied-for end to oppression In Cenaria and Ceura, it’s probablyCenaria hasn’t been for centuries"

"Your pardon, Speaker, but I’m not terribly interested in why they believe as I a to do with the Ceuran Regency?"

"It could The Battle of Mount Tenji was as crushing for the Ceurans as it was for Alitaera King Usasi and his son and seven daughters were all killed; that was so devastating to the country that after that tiency was established both because of the profound respect for tradition engrained in Ceuran culture, and the fact that the first Regent had no blood claiencya blood claih to take it It suited everyone, and the lory Our scholars’ best guess is that there was a High King who ruled those lands for a single generation in the dark centuries that followed Jorsin Alkestes’ fall"

"Wasn’t Alkestes hi?"

"Rarely In the early years of his reign, he ruled over seven kings and styled hiel the Blue, Einarus Silvereyes, and Itarra Lachess--rebelled After that, Jorsin was E claimed descent from Jorsin or not--ales--but he only clai Ceura, Cenaria, Khalidor, and Lodricar, not all of Jorsin’s kingdoms"

The aend?"