[Royal Guard] A second announcement from the Captain of the Guard

[Dan]

To all members of the Royal Guard:

For the duration of the present civil instability, I am hereby doubling 
the normal guard contingents at Castle Black (particularly the Royal 
Treasury), the Blkdragon District Granary, the Podar ul-Sinetattel*, and 
the Royal Guard's Armory. Increased manpower at other vital junctures of 
the city may become necessary in the near future. Guards assigned to 
patrol these areas may not switch shifts with another Guard without my 
written permission. No one is to remove money from the Treasury, food 
from the Granary, weapons from the Armory, or persons or documents from 
the Podar offices without proper documentation bearing my seal and 
signature**--even other members of the Royal Guard.

As the former Commander Harscorn has neither surrendered, nor has he 
been arrested, I can only presume that he is holding out in his 
defiance, and at least a portion of our fellow Guards have chosen to 
throw their lot in with him, much to my dismay. Even if Magistrate 
Seward has pardoned him for assaulting Councilor Reizeau (which she does 
not have the authority to do--pardons are the purview of the King), he 
is still relieved of all authority for his continued defiance of command 
to stand down, and is still wanted for arrest. Therefore, these 
additional security measures are necessary to make sure that the Crown's 
resources do not fall into the hand of rebels.

Me enxenim,

Lucius von Stahl
Captain of the Royal Guard

12. XI. 471.

[Seal affixed]

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Notes:

* - The Podar ul-Sinetattel* (or Meeting House in Arangothian) is the 
headquarters of the Regency Council and their supporting staff.
** - The seal of the Captain of the Guard is magically enchanted to make 
it nearly impossible to forge.