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<td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Over the next several months, the Amethyst Guard continued to take various jobs while repairing and furnishing their new home in Oakhurst. During this time, Gilia decided to depart for Eastport to further her magic studies, and Sigurd decided to go along with her as her bodyguard. Soon after, two new adventurers approached with an interest in joining the Amethyst Guard: a monk named Sai, and a wizard named Richter. Little else happened until, one day, without warning they found themselves teleported into a large courtyard in a palace of basalt and metal, beneath an orange sky. A trio of tall figures dressed with flowing silk garments stood above them on a balcony; one bowed deeply and declared that his "Conjure Minor Mortals" spell had succeeded. Before they could try to take stock of where they were, they found themselves facing a trio of hell hounds. After slaying the beasts, the three figures began to walk away, when suddenly a salamander erupted from a nearby brazier and threw something at one of the trio. It struck her in the mouth, causing her to collapse. As the salamander vanished in a puff of smoke, the other two figures began pointing at the Amethyst Guard and accused them of attempting to murder Ghunayya bint al-Sultha, scion of a line of efreeti sorcerers.</div></td>
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