Rorschach hurried to Munich. By the time he arrived, the entrance to the Magic Guild was already in chaos. An agitated crowd was confronting the staff who were trying to maintain order. They held up letters they wanted to send and Gold Coins, but the Guild wasn't budging an inch.
"Damn it, do you know who I am? His Majesty the King wouldn't be this rude even when meeting with me!" A middle-aged man adjusted his wig. The His Majesty the King he mentioned was Albert of Bayern; the man himself was an exiled noble from the Holy Kingdom.
There were quite a few exiled nobles like him. Besides the "Exiled Lord" Rorschach had met in Istani and this man now desperate to send a message, even more powerful exiled nobles were gathering in the other southern states of the Empire. The Emperor even tacitly permitted them to maintain their own small armed forces, preparing to "counter-attack Valois" and restore the "sacred order."
