I return to this...this...insurrection!
<Snipped quote by DrRtron>
That is literally Reyvadin’s plan to take back his kingdom. You don’t think he’s going to March up there without an army right?
I return to this...this...insurrection!
Now that has thoroughly derailed for me... I hoped that writing 'but it dawned upon him that he'd have to recite it far away from the others' would be enough of a hint that Lorcan would not be so stupid to blast it out in front of everyone right away, but merely think of it or at least wait until he'd be out of immediate acoustic range.
Now see what has happened. He's absolutely screwed now
Also: What would an alternative route have been to 'help them out' ? Would it have been better ?
Lorcan feels like a total loss anyway at this point
It seems fairly obvious that these guys are doing that trick from Riften since only but a couple were stopped and not the whole group. They just want their silver.
I think the con-artist may know a con when sees one!