Sestus Dimosthenus

Zaethus recently recruited Sestus as another vote for Ramphion. In fact, Sestus, a Myrmeleon agent, serves Andropinis. Trained as a warrior and spy, he showed great ability, and so Andropinis gave him minimal instruction in magic (defiling, of course), provided him with magical items to pass the Green Test, and told him to locate the Alliance headquarters and leadership. So far Sestus has completed most of the assignment. He has heard Ramphion speak to his cell, and he has talked his way into a Council meeting at the Nauripides villa headquarters. Sestus could go to Andropinis right now with enough information to destroy the Alliance. But Sestus has ambitions. He believes the Alliance holds a treasure trove of magical items somewhere in Balic, and he wants them for his own. He wont report anything definite until those items appear and he can grab them. He now believes that Map Key only winning the position of Council leader can achieve this. Sestus spreads anonymous lies about Ramphions plans, and he has begun to sabotage meetings of Ramphions supporters. With the dictators cooperation, he has sprung more than one disaster on the Alliance, disasters caused by Ramphions errors. Soon Sestus will announce his own bid. He will get Andropinis to donate magic sufficient to throw the Cathexis election to Sestus. Then he will have power enough to head to the Forest Ridge, root out and enslave the halflings, and found his own citystate. Sestus dreams large dreams, and only this has kept the Alliance alive.