Disclaimer:

I don't own Baldur's Gate, the great masterpiece of role-playing.

The story on hand, ‚The revenge' is fan-fiction. I wrote it, because I love to write, but I will not use ‚The revenge' in any commercial way.

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Rating: 'M'. Some scenes may be a 'T', but I had the feeling that a few scenes should be rated as 'MA'. I think, in general it's OK, to give 'M'. If you don't like that or if you are too young, don't read!

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Chapter20

Alturiak6th, 1370

Athkatla, Amn

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The door swung to the side with a loud bang.

The members of the council started and then a group of persons entered the hall.

In front of them there was Shelara.

Anomen and Keldorn flanked her and the rest of the party followed them. After a moment one of the members of the council jumped on and pointed at Shelara, "YOU!"

The priestess of Sune smiled, "Yes, it's me."

Another man rose: Isaea Roenall.

The noble stared at them, "You really dare to enter this hall in public? Although I hate you, I must say that your boldness is special… But it won't help you: In my position as a captain of the guard, I arrest you."

Anomen made a step before Shelara and gave Isaea a dangerous gaze, "Shut up, noble! We aren't here to make you arrest her. Keldorn, I and her old party are with her, because we'll prove her innocence."

Isaea stared at him and began to laugh, "You're joking, knight! I set her on arrest right now!"
Keldorn crossed his arms, "Let me annotate that the entire Order of the Radiant Hearts aids Shelara. If you arrest her without giving her the chance to hear her, the council has to fight against the order first."

Isaea stared at him and a man in fine blue clothing stood up and sighed, "Cool down, everyone… If Shelara can prove her innocence she should do so."

"But chairman… we've agreed that we…"

"Isaea!"

"Yes, chairman?" the noble asked nervously.

"I don't see the necessity to arrest her now… especially if the order supports her."

Isaea's face lost its color and Shelara nodded, "My dear chairman, we found evidences that this man, Isaea Roenall and two of his allies, the Cowled Wizard Corneil and a fallen priest called Gaal, tried to destroy me and my party…"

"Defamation!" Isaea cried in panic.

In the background Corneil rose, "How can you dare to?!"

The chairman looked to Nalia, "Nalia de' Arnise, you're in the party of Shelara, but you're a noble lady of Amn, so I can trust you. Is truth in the words, Shelara said?"

"Yes, my Lord," Nalia nodded.

"Well, so go on, Shelara."

The priestess nodded, "Thank you. We've found letters and documents that prove that Isaea, Corneil and Gaal made a conjuration against my group."

She handed a few letters to the chairman, "These letters show that they brought together many of my old enemies to revenge my old success in stopping their evil actions. These allies include the remaining slavers of Athkatla, the amnish drow, some of the nobles of Athkatla, the Cowled Wizards, the Talosians, the nobles of Trademeet, Galvarey's ex-harpers and the pirates from Brynnlaw. If you read the letters you will see that I tell the truth."

The chairman skimmed the letters. The he whispered with a petrified face, "You're right… And that's the hand of Isaea and Corneil. The third hand must belong to this Gaal… Guards! Arrest Isaea Roenall and Corneil!"

He turned to Shelara, "We will check these evidences. Do you have more?"

The priestess nodded, "Yes. We've found documents that show that the Talosians had killed Lord Deril. And two guards of the rooms where we found those evidences can testify that Isaea had sold it."

The chairman nodded, "We will check these evidences and start your hearing again… Until then you must give me your word of honor that you won't leave Athkatla!"

"I promise… But there's another thing."

"Yes?"
"This Gaal lives in the sewers below the temple district and we fear that there's a cruel creature with him who wants to do severe damage to this city. I ask for the permission to fight this creature. One of your followmen should accompany us, so he can tell you that I tell the truth."

"All right… Guards, arrest Isaea and Corneil!"

Corneil grinned widely before the guards lead him out the room, "You're checkmate, priestess!"

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-tbc-