The Avadid ambassador rises.

Let me be the first to welcome you to this court, lord Aybarak.

We are disheartened that both of our allies are engaged in a war with one another. We, too, hope for a resolution that will be fitting for the honor of both parties.

After the the new ambassador takes his seat, Quirl turns to the general court.

I have just received word of another great victory in Egypt. Gaza has been retaken and its two defending generals, Humphrey de Ibelia and Reginald de Chatillon, have been executed, along with almost a thousand other infidels in the city.

But if it is my place to ask, how goes our allies jihad in the north? I have heard rumors of much "heat" in the region, and I wish to report to my master the news of Allah's favor on his allies.