"Who were those people?" asked Kela as they were walking down the stairs of the palace. "With Vivec added into it, they are the nine divines," said Sango before Seraph even got his mouth open. "This has to be pretty serious if they're guarding them here," said Omni as they got into the hall of wisdom. "Why are we in here?" asked Creeper. "Because it's warmer," replied Kela in a matter-of-factly tone. "We should stop off at the Redoran treasury for some armor for you guys," said Seraph as he opened up the door to the outside again and held it open for the rest to exit. "You know someone?" asked Kela seemingly surprised. Seraph simply nodded and kept walking.
"Chutla? You in here?" asked Seraph as he opened up the door to the Redoran treasury. "Yea, here," said an Ordinator from inside the cage-like room. "Lemme guess, armor?" said the Ordinator as he walked out of the door and locked it behind him. "Yup. We need ebony armor, with feather," said Seraph pointing at one of the chests in the cage. "When did you put that in here?" asked the Ordinator opening up the door again. "About a year ago. I got them after Dagoth Gares tried killing me. I took out a few of the dremoras he'd summoned and got their armor off before they burst into dust," replied Seraph laughing almost as if he wasn't even there. Well, here you go. That'll be 20 gold for retrieval of a stored item," said the Ordinator holding out his hand. Oh yes, of course." Seraph handed him the gold and took the chest.
"I'll give you the armor once we get to the Fighter's Guild," said Seraph turning his brisk walk into a jog. "Why are we running?" asked Kela trying to keep up and make sure he didn't trip over his robe. "Because we're being watched," replied Seraph now turning the jog into a sprint. "By who!" yelled Kela now taking off his robes to keep up with Seraph. "The cliff racer," replied Seraph now turning and running up a ramp.
As they got inside the foreign quarter plaza they saw that it was being used mainly as an armory. After suggesting they get inside and being questioned by an Ordinator, Seraph led the others into the Mages guild. Here," said Seraph, "put it on quickly. Each piece has your markings on it."
"Who's is the moon and star?" asked Omni. "That would be Sango's," replied Seraph. "So when did you face Dagoth Gares?" asked Kela slipping his greaves on. "He thought I was the Incarnate so he tried convincing me to join them and I told him I wasn't who he thought I was and because he was simply pissed off he tried killing me," replied Seraph, again like he wasn't there. "Why didn't you kill him?" asked Omni putting on his gauntlets. "I didn't think he would be much of a threat. He was kind of psycho and looked… not right," replied Seraph now coming back to reality. "We should get to the Arena and get some basics," said Seraph looking through the nap-sack he usually carries at his side.
As they entered the arena of Vivec, they saw that everyone had armed themselves in one way or another, some even fighting over weapons. The arena was very loud due to all of the people talking and yelling, along with the occasional screams from attempted rapes. "This is insane. We should have just gone and gotten our stuff from the puzzle canals," said Omni. "Their all locked off, remember?" said Kela. "And I know some one," added Seraph. "MELA! Mela! Come here," yelled Seraph waving his hand as far in the air as possible. A woman in a very basic looking black robe came walking over with a cloth sack on her back. "Hey Seraph. Need basics?" asked the woman taking the sack off of her back. "Yea. You got them?" asked Seraph. "Right here," she said pulling out a scroll. They exchanged gold and the scroll and walked away from each other with no more words spoken.
As they exited the arena they saw that there were archers setting up on top of the cantons and soldiers getting into position for battle. "We should get to the palace. I think the battle's coming," said Seraph looking up at a flock of cliff racers flying away from the palace.
As they reached the top of the steps the door swung open and they were pulled in. "What's going on?" asked Seraph as a sword was put to his throat. "That's some nice armor you got there. Is that why they're coming? That armor you've got. Is that it?" questioned the general. "That's not it general. They're coming simply because he's here," said Vivec in his deep, mystified voice. "What? We have to get him out of here," yelled the general. "We're not getting him out. We've already gotten the cloud, it's too late. Besides, if we don't stop them, who will?" asked Vivec, still in his deep voice. Just then there were three nocks on the door, then a pause, then two more. "It's about to begin."