Liddia,
I am sorry to hear about the assault upon you, I will say these bandits have no honor if that is what they have told you. Since I have been called out publicly and it's clear the bandits are aware of my interference, I will say it more openly here for the people that do not know yet. I have been intercede, what little I can, over the past six months to protect Elledandiril and anyone else I knew well enough. I cannot stop their magic, or remove it for them, but I have been using my aspect to ward off their attempts to influence, stopping the message so to speak.
This has been extremely tasking, my aspect is exhausted, as some might have noticed it took my aspect more than ten minutes to stir during the dread lord fight. I have begun fortifying my body with high magic to extend my ability to maintain this, but I am reaching the end of my strength, at the moment I am able to stand solely on the strength of my magic.
These bandits are not holding to their word, I have felt the strain of preventing their magics from reaching folks at least a dozen times, this afternoon. They are dramatically stepping up their attempts and I worry that it is because they can sense me faltering. I've accepted Jehan's offer to help, I'm not sure what effect that will have, but one thing is clear, time is running out to confront this threat.
-Enan