After some more time digging through the archives, Fion slumped back in his chair, rubbing his temple with his hand as he processed what he had found out. To begin with, Gael Ericsson, the man who had taken the Meyer girl in, had been an orphan himself. He had been adopted by a guardsman on one of the western outposts of Dansila before he'd moved to Cykes to study business. Ericsson had passed through the business school with honors and began working under Corinkarus Courtright after graduation for a time. A number of years later, he'd become quite the successful merchant, and with a large amount of political influence to boot. However, Ericsson had apparently been retired for some time now, having opened up a school for the education of Talze Uteran children. 

But while Ericsson's story was interesting, what Fion cared about more at the moment was what he had dug up on his mother. The lady Tanith had married into the Seyour family young as both a talented mage and swordswoman. When her husband, Fion's father, was away, she took over as head of the household and took an active role in the politics of the Sidosa Board. She had been the one that established the alliance between the Seyour and Courtright families through their shared support of the rights of Talze Uteran students. But the most interesting thing was that Tanith Seyour had apparently lost her ability to use magic during the last stages of the Talentless Strife. Notes on her medical records theorized that her failure to save Fion Meyers had been the first step in a psychological breakdown that created some sort of mental block on her ability to draw out her magic. This theory seemed to be supported by the fact that she'd seemed to have named her own son after the girl she'd failed to save. And yet, Fion could find no actual birth records on his mother. 

Well, at least he found out that the date Fion Meyer died was only a few months away from the date he'd lost his left arm all those years ago. If anything, it only reinforced his theory that he'd gotten his arm from Meyer. Of course, given that the only person that could answer his questions was most likely dead, it was likely that he'd never actually find out. Still, at least there was Gael Ericsson. If nothing else, he could at least go over and dig up more information on Fion Meyer from him. 

Standing back up, Fion turned around and finally left the archives. He'd found Ericsson's address while he'd been digging through the records, and that was his next stop.

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Half an hour later, Fion stood outside Ericsson's rather impressive house in the merchant district. Raising his arm, he knocked on the door three times and proceeded to wait.