[Balanor]

Rumors grow that the Tharchioness of Bezantur, Mari Agneh, is in some way connected to the now-hunted Red Wizard Kasim. It was his failed attempt to bind the Salamanders to him, rather than banish them, that resulted in the Salamander War which now engulfs the Priador.
For her part, Mari has vehemently denied any connection to the rebel Red Wizard. Yet rumors persist that mercenaries were sent, by her minions, to place the binding crystals which gave Kasim the ability to attempt his ill-fated binding.