After a night in the outer quarantine yard, the party watched the capital's central portcullis rise as the inspection crews arrived.
Blue guild officers crossed the commercial freight lanes, waving red flags to halt three outbound merchant caravans in their tracks.
White hazard markers were driven into the packed gravel, forming an isolated cordon around the traveling carriage.
Freight wagons pulled aside onto the dusty shoulder, while porters dropped copper cargo rings to clear the marked inspection route.
The gate inspection crew stared at the reinforced travel cradle in the wagon bed, then shifted their gaze to Hajin's rank badge.
A senior inspection officer took the polished brass token, pressing its edge into the roadside relay terminal without speaking a word.
A vertical beam of blue illumination climbed the crystal conduit, projecting his verified credentials across the overhead gate arch.
[ Regional authority: Provisional top twenty warrant holder ]
