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тАШAs closely as I was able to determine, they were Trogites, and they wanted to talk
to your people about their gods. How much were you able to discover about
somebody called Amar?тАЩ

тАШNot too much, big brother,тАЩ Veltan replied. тАШNarasan has nothing but contempt for
the clergy of the Amarite faith.тАЩ

тАШHeтАЩs not alone there, Veltan,тАЩ Keselo said. тАШAnyone in the Trogite Empire with
the least bit of decency or intelligence despises the Amarite church. The clergy is
corrupt, greedy beyond belief, and totally without honor. ItтАЩs common knowledge that
the тАЬchurchтАЭ is nothing more than an invention of the priesthood designed to swindle
the ordinary people of the empire out of just about everything they own.тАЩ

тАШThat has a familiar ring, doesnтАЩt it?тАЩ Zelana observed. тАШOur dear sister has a
priesthood that behaves in much the same wayтАЩ

I shrugged. тАШIt makes her happy, I suppose.тАЩ I looked at Veltan. тАШWhereтАЩs the rest
of NarasanтАЩs army?тАЩ I asked. тАШIf I understood correctly, the men he brought to Lattash
were just an advance force.тАЩ

тАШThe bulk of NarasanтАЩs armyтАЩs still in the port of Castano on the north shore of the
Empire. Why do you ask, big brother?тАЩ

тАШThe second invasion in AshadтАЩs dream almost bad to involve Trogites, since this
тАЬAmarтАЭ is a Trogite invention.тАЩ

тАШThatтАЩs true, I suppose,тАЩ Veltan conceded. тАШWhere are we going with this,
Dahlaine?тАЩ

I looked inquiringly at Keselo. тАШI gather that most of the men in NarasanтАЩs army
share your feelings about this so-called religion,тАЩ I suggested. тАШIs it at all possible that
some of them feel differently, but theyтАЩre keeping it to themselves?тАЩ

тАШNot after what happened in the southern part of the empire last year,тАЩ he replied.
тАШWe lost twelve cohorts as a direct result of a deception that we tracked back to a
high-ranking clergyman in the Amarite church. ThatтАЩs why Commander Narasan
threw his sword away and went into business as a beggar. If any man in the army
even suggested that the Amarite church had anything even remotely resembling
decency, his comrades would kick the living daylights out of him.тАЩ

тАШLetтАЩs not dismiss the possibility entirely, Keselo,тАЩ Veltan said with a troubled
look on his face. тАШFrom what IтАЩve heard, the word тАЬgoldтАЭ sends the Amarite church
into a feeding frenzy, and if I remember correctly, there was some extended
discussion of gold in the army compound back in Kaldacin. Just for the sake of
argument, letтАЩs say that some soldier in your army happened to visit a tavern in
Castano, and the word тАЬgoldтАЭ came up during a casual conversation, and somebody
affiliated with the Amarite Church happened to overhear the conversation. WouldnтАЩt
that sort of explain the second invasion in AshadтАЩs dream?тАЩ