Betrayal in the Court

Betrayal in the Court is the second saga of Overture 3. Dealt with a lord by the name of Vergis attempting to poison the young king Bukoski.
==Synopsis==
Now that he was King, Bukoski VII decided to celebrate the occasion by having a royal feats and inviting distinguished guests. Bukoski could not suspect that his life would become endangered during the feast.
===Feast ===
At the feast, Bukoski would sit at the end of the table, at the other end of the table was Lord Vergis, a respected member of the king's court. For years the the man by the name of Vergis had aided the Bukoskis, Vergis and King Bukoski VI were said to be close friends. During the feast, Vergis would insist that he retrieve the food prepared made by the chef rather than have a dwarven slave get it. Upon receiving his food, Bukoski would have the dwarven slave, Halim Laft, taste the food to ensure its quality. Halim Laft would then fall deathly ill, indicating that the king's food had been punished. Vergis immediately left the room to search for the perpetrator. Vergis would return, stone faced, and ordered the Snake Eater, Valandil Singollo to follow him into the kitchen. There, they found a grisly sight, the head chef had been blown to bits, parts of the former chef lay scattered all the kitchen. Vergis procured a note which claimed it was the chef who had done the crime and the chef had committed suicide in guilt. With most people pleased with this explanation, they resumed their daily duties.Xavier Cortez, head of the Snake Eaters saw more to the story than such a simple explanation.
===Investigation ===
Xavier Cortez and Valandil Singollo, unconvinced it was the chef investigated the scene. Unable to find anything indicating the chef, they soon traveled throughout the land of Harracktor looking for anything suspicious. Lona Roliver, a fellow Snake Eater, would happen to find Vergis telling the Carnetradian messenger, Cuideag, that he was lucky he was not caught. While not knowing the context of this quote, the duo decided to investigate Vergis and were able to locate a secret base of his. Inside the base, they found a journal, inside the journal Vergis had foolishly penned down all the details of the plot. Vergis had poisoned the food and when the food did not reach Bukoski, he fervently killed the chef with magic and hastily wrote the note covering his tracks. Valandil reported this information to King Bukoski and a manhunt was put into action to find Vergis. Cain Balewind would find the man and when Vergis refused to give himself up, Balewind slew the traitor, ending the threat. Oblivious to all of the citizens of Harracktor, Vergis was in fact working under the order of King Malcolm, luckily for Malcolm, Vergis never revealed this information even in the incriminating journal.
Category:Sagas
Category:Overture 3