Mission Report: Stonemason's Respite

**[The following record is an excerpt from the interrogation of Field Marshal Donahue, recorded by Scribe Larian and conducted by Justicar Captain Rikke]**

Rikke: Start from the beginning. Again.

Donahue: [coughing up blood] \*unintelligible\* YOU WERE THERE. WHY DO YOU KEEP-

Rikke: [Captain Rikke strikes Donahue again in the legs] The beginning. Again. What was your role in the attack?

D: [Wretches for 45 seconds, vomiting]

D: I-...-I was in charge of [coughs] coordinating the attack with the western push. -And guiding the wizards over contested territory. They're not sneaky. They needed help.

R: What was your objective?

D: [Pulls against his restraints] We were taking the wizards to Stonemason's Respite. The closest inquisitor factory to the capital.... They carried firestones. River rocks enchanted with Fireball spells. The plan was to get there, and blow up the entire campus.

R: What went wrong?

D: They were waiting for us. A whole fucking battalion just sitting there waiting. Each one had a crossbow.

R: You say the enemy was waiting right there for you. While only 150 miles West, the Western Push forced them back to the Lunzha Forest? Why would they wait there, when they would've been in position to flank our attacking forces in the West?

D: YOU WERE THERE-

R: [Captain Rikke strikes Donahue again]

D: [Loses consciousness for 14 seconds; Returns to consciousness]

R: Why was the enemy waiting for you there?

D: I don't know.

R: Noted. Why do you think they were waiting for you there?

D: A mole.

**[End of record 1]**

**[The following record is an excerpt from the interrogation of Field Marshal Donahue, recorded by Scribe Hominic and conducted by Justicar Captain Rikke]**

Rikke: What happened after the attack was discovered?

Donahue: We immediately began a retreat. We didn't know how many there were. So we hovered back and sent in the Justicar.

R: Clarify, for the records. You 'hovered' back?

D: [Sighs] Yes. We were flying with use of the Fly spell. I figured it would be a quick bump in the road, so I made the call not to land the wizards and instead just wait for the Justicar to arrive.

R: Which Justicar, specifically.

D: You.... [Frustrated sigh] .... Captain Rikke.

R: What happened after the Justicar was sent in.

D: We saw... plumes of fire, and the smell of brimstone.

R: Did you know at the time that the source of the destruction was a Black Cloak?

D: Yor's beard..... it was a fuckin' Black Cloak????

**[End of record 2]**

**[The following record is an excerpt from the interrogation of Field Marshal Donahue, recorded by Scribe Jerome and conducted by Justicar Captain Rikke]**

Rikke: At what point did the wizards start dying?

Donahue: They broke rank when the inquisitors charged. The fire was spreading towards us followed by clouds of red smoke.

R: How did the wizards die?

D: Was there seriously a Black Cloak there? ***You*** fought and survived a fucking Bla-

R: [Captain Rikke strikes Donahue again]

R: Answer the question.

D: [Squirms in his chair for 32 seconds. Post-interrogation medical report indicates that this was to readjust his now broken pelvis to be in a less painful position.] [Donahue gasps for air]

R: [Applies a Cure Wounds spell to Donahue]

D: Darts of [Coughs] flame and smoke flew from over the treetops, and they started dropping like flies. The wizards that flew lower to the ground avoided the attacks, but were hit by friendly fire from the firestones.

R: Why did the firestones detonate?

D: They were set to explode on impact. When the wizards above died, they fell out of the sky. And the stones with them.

R: How many survived?

D: I saw a few make it out into the ravine and flew southeast. They probably made it back. I snuck past their line and avoided the notice of the..... of who I now know was a Black Cloak.

R: Incorrect on two counts. The Black Cloak noticed you. He chose to let you live.

D: Why?

R: To deliver this testimony to us. A warning.

D: What is my second incorrect account?

R: The Black Cloak continued to hunt down the Wizards after you escaped.

D: What do you mean?

R: You are the only one left.

D: Oh my god.

**[End of final record. Captain Rikke has requested Grand Sheriff Severian's decision on what to do with Field Marshal Donahue. He possesses no more useful information.]**

**[Record Update: Field Marshal Donahue was executed by firing squad for desertion of duty; Ordered by The Grand Sheriff]**