You have long ago grown accustomed to the mystics stepping into the kah's affairs. It is the way that the Great God Vhyrian secures his power.
"Do these pirates truly have the kind of ships that could do damage to the city?" you ask Belairon.
"The vessels in their fleet are sturdy of build," the mystic explains. "Should they reach us, they could destroy the port entirely. Indeed, that is their goal."
"A perplexing strategy," you say. "If these are pirates, then it is in their interest for trade to flow freely. Why would they seek to destroy a port?"
"They hope to punish us." Belairon watches your eyes carefully now, as though seeking something in them that he is sure you will try to hide. "You see, they claim that we are harboring an enemy of theirs. A man who wronged them many years ago."
"And what is this enemy called?" you ask.
You are somehow unsurprised when the mystic responds with your name…