"Ambrose has the answers in that great book of his - it's been enchanted, so only the High Mage can read it. Even the King and the Queen haven't seen it, not that they care to. They don't care what goes on behind the scenes, they only want results.

Only three individuals in the history of Thorne have read from that book, which supposedly has all of your names and the crimes of which you are accused. Ambrose is the third. The High Mage before him lived a long life; she served Thorne for thousands of years and kept the tome locked away the entire time, and for good reason. The High Mage before her - the one who wrote it - was stripped of his title and exiled for it. His descendants still live down south on that damned Commune, but if they know anything about the book they've been tight-lipped about it.

I warned my brother that he was a fool to open it up again, but he didn't listen. If it were up to me I'd have left you folks in your own worlds, but our Kingdom is suffering through tough times and cold reason lost out to lofty promises."

To the rest, she simply says: "It's out of my hands now, dear."