Intrigue and stuff

Today I met Nikolai, the exiled prince of Kielder. I'd seen him before occasionally but never did he seem so cruel. At first he was fine, we chatted with Porsha and then they went off together. When I next saw him he had gone to the village and Imoen was saying some stuff to him in a less than friendly tone.

I tried to help but neither of them seemed to want me there so I went to sit atop my tower and pout. However I got something that made me feel a lot better. I found the fifty thousand gold piece note the queen had promised me and immediately decided to put some of it to use to build a spiral slide down the length of my tower so I'll have a fun way to get down.

With this in mind I went to the village blacksmith and got a good metal to use and then went to see if Nikolai was ok.

It turned out Imoen had forbidden him from going back to Kielder and so I decided I'd try to help him. We made up several plans and he sounded as though he wanted to kill Imoen and any who got in his way. How he came from Nic I have no idea. He soon took his leave after I told him I'd have no part in bloodshed, but I still planned to oppose my teacher.

I went to tell Imoen this but she talked sense to me in that way she does that makes it very difficult to stand against her, and I was soon hugging her and promising to cooperate. She dosnt want to keep Nikolai from his home, she only wants to let things calm down so he can return safely. I guess there might be something to that talk about adults being smart, even if waiting is kinda boring.