Elijah, Shade, Vague and Sukara meet secretly to discuss their plans to try to rescue Srinala from the Mages' Guild Hall of Rephidim. Sukara is able to find Srinala's location, and Elijah and his Lancers disguise themselves as mercenaries, in hopes that their actions will not bring shame upon the Knights Templar. Elijah initially intends to use whatever lethal force is necessary to accomplish his mission, but once he's actually there on the scene, he opts to instead try to knock out the guards he encounters, rather than killing them outright, although his effort leaves him open to attack, and he suffers a couple of severe wounds. Nonetheless, he overcomes the guards, discovers a secret door, and batters it down, finding Srinala in the middle of a magic circle, and a dream mage enacting a ritual. Elijah begins to suspect that things may not be exactly as Sukara had assured him, as the Lapi mage protests that disrupting the ritual could have severe consequences. Elijah has to make a difficult decision, and at last opts to allow the mage to repair the damage to the magic circle, and to turn himself over to the guards – though he refuses to leave Srinala's side until he's certain that no harm is meant toward her.