The guard that was leading Andrion had not been given permission to remove him from his cell. In fact, Marcos had no idea what was going on.
A few years ago, this man had lost his family to the wrecklessness of a mage that lived next door to him, who had burned down both of their houses, killing only the innocent family of the guard, who at the time was employed as a fisherman's aid. The mage had escaped and did not stand trial for the deaths of the family next door.
This man vowed to kill mages wherever he found them, and so joined the military in hopes of carrying out his plan.
Andrion was the first mage that he'd come across at this point.
He took Andrion to another room, telling him that this room was where Marcos was waiting for him. He led him inside, then drew his blade to his victim's back and took the time to say...
"Goodbye, foolish mage!"
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