Malthir pats the man on the back, You have made quite impressive progress Loy! You should be proud of what all of you have built.
We would like to spend the night here at your Inn if you don't mind and get to know some of you people?Malthir wants to guage the people in the town. Do they seem the type to resist inclusion into the kingdom? Is it welll known that the town plans to join Kardas as soon as the kingdom expands this far out? Last he wants to leave a positive experience with the Guardians in the town with Fenna, himself, and Cas working the crowd.
To his satisfaction, Malthir and his companions found after spending some time with the common people, that the town has been founded upon the premise of eventually becoming part of Kardas and it is common knowledge that investment from the barony had helped the town to thrive; as well as Latricia and Loy's initial investment. The inn was known as Able's Inn after its sturdy owner and is clean, cosy and comfortable. Rooms have been made available for your visit at no charge.
People seemed appreciative of the Guardian's tour and they took the time to mingle, many seeking news of the civil war in Brevoy and trading local rumours. Loy had wisely begun to make plans for a stone wall around the town, in case the fighting should reach them.
Latricia listened to Fenna's words and weighed them with affirmative nods of reluctant agreement. She offered another suggestion.
Perhaps rather than attacking the establishment directly in a speech, Malthir or one of the others could talk of Kardas' religious and moral values? The importance of family, community, loyalty? Its a little more subtle but might have the desired effect?
With a fresh set of resources at his disposal, Kip began to bury himself in books. The librarian was a forlorn Elven woman of middling years named Emraeli Emfaun, who apparently doubled as a tutor for the town's children. Her absent-minded use of cantrips to clean dust off of some of the tomes she handed to Kip made it obvious that she at least dabbled in magical arts. She seemed surprisingly unorganised for a woman of her profession but was always able to find what Kip needed.