The next morning you wake to the alarm and Ferron groaning, surprised why he is tied to a plank. Odi demands that he explain his actions from the preivous night and the truth he was going to tell you. Once everyone is up, and you have your morning coffee, he tells you.   Ferron never had any information that Iago would be at the ball. He only told you this so that you would attend the ball. He didn't believe Iago was the killer and wanted to try and convince you that Sigeric was guilty so that you might frame him. From his view the elves would be none the wiser, we would get to Ilstese and a terrible man would be punished.   You ask why he hates Sigeric so much, and he tells you that Sigeric is the reason his daughter was burned alive. Ferron grew up on Tiridasa as an orphan raised by fisherman. He entered the business himself when he grew older, found a loving wife and had a child. His wife passed away after a couple years and he raised the daughter by himself. One day when he was returning from was returning from work and saw smoke in the sky in the direction of his village. He encountered some soldiers who laughed at him, saying the town chose their punishment when they refused to pay their taxes. The archduke had ordered the entire town be burned to the ground and when Ferron returned he found his house was destroyed, with the body of his daughter inside, a drawing she had made showed Ferron and her on a boat together. It's been nine years since.   Ferron turned to piracy as a career but kept an eye out for the Archduke, vowing for revenge. He found out that Sigeric owned an estate outside of Crandlewood that he visited a few times a year and Ferron decided to stay in the city to find a way to take him down. Several jobs got him close but not close enough.   Of course you all are understanding with his story and tell him after Ioanna is saved you might be able to come back and help him seek his revenge, as long as he doesn't double cross you again.

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