GAHANIS: The Gazette has just learned that Jedrith Heros, the son of powerful Mi-Theron nobleman Kelvin Heros, is missing in the Gahanis area. An anonymous source tells us that he was seen two days ago entering the Battlehome with an official permit. His verrik companion, Shema N'ralep, was with him. When contacted for comment, Lord Heros' spokesman stated, "Lord Heros finds it very disturbing that Jedrith was granted a permit in apparent secrecy. If the town council was responsible for Jedrith's disappearance, he is considering trade sanctions against Gahanis—he does not wish to have a business relationship with a town so willing to endanger an inexperienced youngster who should be carrying on the family business."
Lord Kelvin Heros runs several mercantile companies and has many valuable trade contacts throughout Dor-Erthenos. Although Jedrith Heros has a history of occasional disagreements with his distinguished father, it was understood that he would learn to restrain his youthful impulses and eventually take on his father's business of providing valuable trade goods throughout the realm. Rumors of a relationship between Jedrith and his bodyguard Shema are simply the imaginings of mean-spirited competitors who wish to undermine the fine Heros reputation, according to the family, and they are completely unsubstantiated.
