The warded guest suite served as the commission's operational headquarters, shielded against palace eavesdroppers by layered barrier formations.
Hajin refused to conduct sensitive inquiries across unmarked palace tables, keeping all critical documentation within this single fortified room.
Eirwen stood beside the central desk, methodically cross-referencing the Dominion's secondary frequency against a capital defense blueprint.
Both scribes signed the parchment margins earlier that evening, validating the accuracy of the structural ward boundaries.
An evidence case rested beneath Vella's paired medical seals, each brass hinge secured with an official custody slip.
Inside lay a single glass vial filled with dark blood recovered from the drain leading toward the subterranean laboratory beneath the citadel.
The sample remained strictly isolated from every active mana conduit to prevent unintended resonance with the palace wards.
