"First off, I have no intention of making Golden Fortune Corporation pay the full price for responding to our call. So House Arcanis will compensate you for the cost of your manpower and materials, and will reward you for your efforts."
Lord Evrard paused, measuring the weight of the words to follow, then went on.
"In the meantime — based on the preliminary reports I have received — I am prepared to pay two thousand five hundred gold coins in base compensation, along with an additional one thousand five hundred as a formal reward for your contribution."
His tone became a little more serious as he added:
"But as you know, Frostgrave took a heavy pounding during the siege and we're still trying to gauge the full extent of our losses. With that in mind, I hope you'll understand if we pay half now and the rest once we have a better understanding of our finances."
Ruvian nodded.
