[quote]This is what I think happened. In kalleths narrative, he introduced a lone npc guard, moving through the crowd. Then, infamous empath, correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems you introduced a new guard wielding a crossbow, that's the way I took it. [/quote]

Yes, I did do that, for the sole purpose of escape. I assumed there would be more than one guard at an event as big as this. Unless Kalleth specifically said "only one guard attended this huge event", I still dont think there's a meta-gaming issue.

My NPCs are easy to identify: they have no names. If I bring in a character with a name, they are a character I intend to play. I can count the number of times on one hand that ive brought in a named NPC who was allowed to be used/killed by other characters.