Editing The Third Law (section)

==The Conspirators Assemble==

[[File:Courtyard fountain.jpg|thumb|left|500px|the Courtyard fountain where Fraiser and Salid were arrested.]]

After the unpleasant meeting with Kenovan, Salid was visited at the Traveler's hall by an Asrai named Jamal. It seemed that Jamal was only one of several Asrai merchants that had been displaced by Kenovan over the years.  The man, forced into a form of exile had returned only recently looking for some semblance of revenge when he had discovered that Salid (as Jalad) had crossed Kenovan. 

Desirous of an alliance of sorts, Jamal acquired a meeting with Salid and warned him of Kenovan's unfair business practices.  The warning did not fall upon deaf ears, as Salid already suspected that Kenovan was a bully and a vindictive individual. When suspicions of Kenovan's orders to his men were confirmed,  Salid inquired of the exiled merchant on the status of others that may be in opposition to Kenovan in a similar capacity.

When it became clear that there were several individuals that had suffered at Kenovan's hands, Salid/Jalad, who could never suffer a bully, put forward a plan of action that was two-fold.

Looking at his situation strategically, he ennobled Jamal to undertake the action of gathering together the enemies that Kenovan had made for the purpose of setting right the balance of power.  These assembled persons would be free to conduct their address of power as they saw fit, and in return they simply had to share any information concerning the Aowa with Jalad.

Sizeable sums of money were provided to fund this information exchange, and it proved to be very worthwhile. During a luncheon in which Salid outlined the things that the exiles would need to accomplish and a rough means by which it could be done with minimal violence and bloodshed, he also received significant information concerning some Aowa Catacombs that existed beneath Celebrai City.

Determining to find other data, alluded to in that meeting, Salid and Rosenbauer visited an archive and library, where they uncovered some ancient plans and old sketches of portions of the catacombs. They also confirmed some of the stories about the oddities that were recorded seen and heard there by witnesses over the years.

This was the first real positive proof that they had that there was a strong possibility that the Aowa had encountered other life-forms prior. If this could be substantiated with physical proof, then the Prime Directive could be discarded and direct efforts could be made to intervene into the situation facing the Asrai, namely their potential extinction.