Surprise Attack

After rescuing the Princess, giant hawks drop off Kit and Mawk. The group then tries to loot Sir Vedi's tower. With Sir Hector's ship arriving, the group make their way to the dock. Dargo, Mawk, and Kit notice one of the giant seals that Sir Hector told them about. Once on board Sir Hector's ship, Trap tries to say that Leezhar said there was a tenth seal far away to the East. Sir Hector doesn't buy it and explains to Trap that the only recorded seals were on these nine islands.

The rest of the trip back to Stillbend was uneventful. The group arrives late at night. Gilmore is waiting and asks Ansgar up to the West Tower. Tor take the Princess to her room to keep her away from Dargo. Tor then takes a bath, Dargo is on the balcony having a drink, Trap is patrolling the rooftop, Mawk is patrolling the hallway, and Kit is working on her sword.

Suddenly, three assassins sneak up on Mawk, Tor, and Kit. Trap notices a building in the city catch fire. Meanwhile, Gilmore presents Ansgar with a nice silk robe and then stabs him in the side with a dagger. Ansgar hits Gilmore with his club and sees that it isn't Gilmore but a grey like humanoid. He switches back to Gilmore and grabs Ansgar and falls off the tower.

Trap and Dargo races down into the castle as they hear Tor's scream for help. Kit tries to fight off the assassin but succumbs to the poison. Mawk defends himself well, and Tor grapples the assassin and tries to drown him. Trap arrives to help out Kit, Dargo jumps in to help Mawk. Asngar with all of his might kills the thing pretending to the Gilmore and sees six buildings on fire in the city. Ansgar head back into the Keep to help out his friends. After each assassin dies, the group realizes that Kit has died.