Councillors,

We live in a free city, where just laws are upheld by the Watch. Of course, there are those who are angered by past events, and seek a scapegoat to blame things on because it cannot be their fault. However, when this gets in the way of preserving a free city of just laws, actions must be taken by the Council to rectify the situation. As decreed by Temporary Mayor and Councillor Bhast, the Seekers are to remain a scouting force for the city. When the Watch and Spellguard try to hamper the abilities of the Seekers to perform this ability, using intimidation, threats, and abuse while making up crimes that do not exist, I seek Council judgement to bring fairness to light.

The Seekers had recieved a report (which is being compiled to others to be sent to the Council) about a group of Drow spies that may be operating out of Traensyr and abducting people into slavery from this city. Instead of inciting chaos, or bothering the Watch with unconfirmed reports, I sought to confirm this by watching a subject, an elf in a black cape, dark brown leathers, and a black helmet hiding in the bazaar area. To conceal myself, I drew my blades to make myself more stealthy, and see him in a crowded area. As he left, I approached an agent to try to inform her about the drow, and see if she would aid me. Instead of allowing me to aid in the defence of the city, she demanded I put my weapons away on threat of torture + arrest. A nearby private joined her, and tried to intimidate myself into putting them away. When I pointed out that there was no law against having your weapon out, they acknowledged that they were making up the crime, but said that they would do it anyway because their friends died to the Sslal'teesh.

It is unlawful for citizens to have weapons drawn in Sanctuary barring immediate danger to the citizen or other citizens' lives: this includes staffs that can be used in combat but does exclude properly made walking sticks that could do little harm in combat. A Watchman's opinion on the ability of a weapon to cause harm is always final.

The punishment for carrying a weapon and refusing to stow it when approached by a Watchman is a minor crime: generally paid through jail time, a fine, or in severer situations or for repeat offenders with confiscation and destruction of the weapon.

Sheriff Barrister Fawkes

This is the only mention ever of weapons not being lawfully drawn. Seekers are not citizens, they are part of the law enforcement as decreed by the Council during the time of the Bresleys, which is acknowledged by allowing the Seekers to bring in criminals with warrants on their heads. I also argue that there was a threat to the city, this drow that could very well have been spying on the city to find out who it can capture to bring back to the Llothan houses to fight against the Ghaunodauran rebels. Him spotting spies trying to defend the city would have interupted their investigations and caused them to get violent in an attempt to escape, endangering citizens lives.

I found this drow again, and pursued it to the same place. The same private came over, and I began to move away trying to avoid a confrontation. The drow left, thinking the private was going towards him, so I allowed him to confront me. I put my blades away, and tried to inform him about what was happening. Instead of listening, he demanded that I was "trying to annoy him" and that I was a "rebel scum." He then arrested me on charges of annoying him, which most certainly is not a crime. In the cage, I remained hidden, which is not a violation of a crime either. The watchman there seemed to think it was, and said that he was leaving until I showed myself, to "serve my penalty." The penalty is time, not the amount of insults, which were copious, spewing from his mouth. The citizens that came to watch unanimously agreed that what occured was unjust, and tried to get the private to stop his apparently bloodlust over me being in the cage, but to no avail. I was let out, and the citizens agreed that the Watch was oppresive and should be stopped. Instead of confirming suspicions of being a "rebel," I talk to the Council.

I suggest that these things be made perfectly clear to the Watch through reforms:

• The Seekers, as a law enforcement group, are allowed to bear weapons in the city to aid them in their tasks of law enforcement and scouting.
• The Seekers are allowed to pursue their activites unhampered by the Spellguard and Watch. This means that if a Seeker is pursuing a criminal or monitoring a potential threat to the city, the Watch and Spellguard cannot interupt them, or be faced with minor imprisonment for endangering Sanctuary.
• The Seekers are recognized as an organization acting as the scouts to the city, and giving their reports to the Council. Not the Watch or Spellguard, the Council, as they were originally intended to do, and have done. The Council also recognizes that the Seekers have not denied the Watch and files that could be provided when the Watch has asked for them.

These three reforms will help provide the city with a more secure border. The Seekers wish to perform their tasks as appointed by Temporary-Mayor Bhast under the leadership of Gerom Portnom, but cannot when threatened with arrest and magical spells and intimidation at the hands of the people whom they are attempting to work with.

Seeker Scae

Has there been any word on any of this?

Seeker Scae

The Council is debating your proposal.

You could do me a favor, however. I have been going thru the Council documents, and I cannot find the opperating procedures for the Seeker organization.

If the Seekers have a Charter, could you send a copy to my office, so that I can see how your proposal impacts the existing obligations and powers already granted to the Seekers.

Thank you,

Councilor Fen

The Council issued the charter. You have as much information about the charter as we do.

Seeker Scae

Councilmen,

Once again, new members of the Spellguard lack the training that they need to perform their tasks. Unless there has been a secret meeting, the Elient Accord is still in effect. This means that the Spellguard cannot go into Lower without a Watchman accompanying them. Two instances in one day of this I recorded alone. The first was Agent Daheron wandering around invisible spying in Lower, without accompanyment. I would hope with all the threats on her life that she's been ignoring she'd be more careful before a blade is slipped into her chest. Invisibility does not always protect the skin.

The second is Agent Graden trying to organize a group to go into Lower for some task. Without watch assistance, he was organizing a group with Daheron to go down unaccompanied. Since I was in Lower at the time, there were cries of "the spelltyrants are coming" and "to arms." This could have started yet -another- revolution, since nothing has been done to secure Lower. More lives would have been lost while the Spellguard sit back and cause them, with no reprecussions, and blame the Seekers for not killing innocent civilians for them.

Here is the section of the Elient Accord which relates to the Spellguard. This shows that, since they were in colors, they were violating this agreement which the Council passed with popuar vote, meaning that they are spiting the Council and acting of their own accord. Acting of their own accord got Hausken killed, and will continue to have them killed until they shape up. Instead of wishing to speak peacefully with the druids to work out their problems, Agent Daheron invited the druids to continue to attack the order, and trying to provoke violence from the people that she and Hausken stole highly powerful artifacts from.

Further, this Accord recognizes that the Order of the Spellguard was established to make safe the Free People of Sanctuary. In that this Accord also recognizes the rift between the Free People of Lower Sanctuary and the Spellguard, this Accord shall set forth the following:

1) Spellguard Agents on official duty in Lower Sanctuary or the Canal areas shall wear the official robes of the Spellguard when said areas. Spellguard Agents not wearing the official robes of the Spellguard shall be considered to be off-duty and shall be treated with the dignities and protections granted all freemen and citizens of Sanctuary.

2) When on official duty in Lower Sanctuary and the Canal areas, Spellguard Agents shall be accompanied by a Watchman, answerable to the Lieutenant.

3) Spellguard Agents on official duty may make arrests as they deem necessary for the execution of their duty. Arrests made in Lower Sanctuary or the Canal areas must be reported to the Lieutenant no later than two hours from the time of the arrest. The whereabouts of the arrested person or persons must be included in the report to the Lieutenant.

I hope that you will consider this and launch an investigation into Spellguard corruption, or at least reprimand them for their unlawful behavior. Too many times have I been threatened with arrest by Daheron for crimes that do not exist, like "not agreeing with her," and "endangering Sanctuary by spying on the lobby of the Spellguard order." Unless this is still foreplay to something she wants from me, but I doubt it.

Seeker Scae