A Collection of Strangers on Walkabout

The horn calls sound vaguely familiar to Rikia. Unfortunatlely they seem to have changes a bint from the little she knows, mostly simple ones she heard in parades like CHARGE, RALLY, and HOLD

After several minutes another guard is seen crossing the bridge with an older man. They talk with the tower guards and then approach.
Welcome strangers. I hear your liking for a town? he chuckles at this.
Come along then. I introduce your to the local Mayor and he laughs again.
Your are excited by the man, who introduced himself as Danoll as you walk, and the guards that came with him. The bridge cruises a short down on water and the road continues east. You soon leave the swamp and see a wall in the distance. It is of stone and had more guards that post you though but a couple more fall in behind you.

The large office your enter leads to a smaller but better furnished room with a week dressed man sitting behind the desk. You all file in including Danoll and the 3 guards.

Looking you over here grey's you politely. Welcome travelers. I must admit to being a bit surprised at your arrival
May I ask where you came from?

With a raised eyebrow, he does that really well and you think he might practice or just be an expressively gifted individual, he asks You lost your master, a wizard, and decided wandering the Shattered Lands looking for him was a good idea? He stares at Skeve and Rikia in turn.

The building, as well as the others you saw coming into the walled enclosure, is a mix of old stonework and what appears to be magically shaped stone. The interior is simply furnished and all except the chair and desk the man is using are plain and simple. The chair has extra padding and the table is polished and has panels so that you can not see his legs and from its size assume it has shelves or drawers on his side. The desk and shelves along the wall behind him are filled with papers, scrolls, maps, lists, and ledgers neatly written but the contents are too small to read at this range. The map vaguely reminds Rikia of the Paphos region but where the city should clearly be has only a few symbols an notations.

Sitting back the man looks at all three of you for a while before sighing. Very well. It was bound to happen at some point. Turning to the guard who accompanied Danoll he says Lock them up for the day captain. Have the priest and wizard notified so they can perform some divinations on them. I will decide what to do about them tomorrow after that is done. Do not treat them harshly. They just might be as they say.

Looking at you doubtfully he replies Aye sir. We'll do as you say.
Turning to you he continues Come along peacefully and you wont be mistreated. Cause any trouble and . . . he trails off meaningfully as he rests his hand on his sword.

The captain and guards expert you out

The wall and gate has several guards but inside are streets, shops, workers, and people wandering around. It isn't busy but there are people about. Looking around you might be able to escape but where would you go? The impression you got was that there are several forces in the area that do not get along.