Main Story Part 7

After a well-deserved rest, the party continues to head toward the Northern border. Tenn becomes suspicious of Ramona and Simon and asks Tyken if they should go against their deal and have them arrested for the various crimes they have committed. Tyken scolds him for suggesting they go against their agreement, especially because Simon and Ramona have been valuable in combat so far.

They reach the Northern border to find the staff-holder and his group fighting the border guard. Gill says they should immediately help, but Simon says that some of the border guard seem to be going turncoat, and that the numbers would be against them. Tyken points out a person in robes that is getting behind some of the guards and speaking to them, and it appears to make them change sides. If the player went to Chapter 3: A Game of Wits, Karti (or Tenn, if Karti was killed previously) will recognize the robed man as the one who brainwashed her, charges at him, and tries to attack him, but he evades and a border guard steps in. Gill commands the party to subdue the border guard and Taren says that the robed man must be apprehended. 

You will start this map with several NPC ally units that will fight the enemy until the boss of the map reaches them. When this happens, the NPC will become an enemy unit. This is a rout the enemy mission.

After defeating the robed man, Tyken takes off the hood and reveals that the robed man was actually a woman. She struggles, but a member of the border guard approaches and holds her lance to the woman's chest. Taren tells her to back off, and the border guard says this was her first day on the job and that she'll never get to know some of the brave souls that spent their lives protecting their home because of this woman.

Gill orders that the border guard pull back her weapon and pulls the woman up. She tries to run, but Tenn knocks her over again. Taren demands information. The woman says she'll comply.

Tyken searches for a satchel with the staff inside, and Ramona helps him. She locates the satchel, but she reports that there is no staff inside. Tyken panics, and tells Ramona to deliver the message of the missing staff to everyone else.