"Ah no, that first one, it was a greeting for your friend here, a polite way to greet his kind."

He nodded at Glorfindel and then focused back on Roland. "But you are correct, only the nobles of Jura know the dark secrets well enough to cause this blight. Unless there is another power..."

He shook his head, as if the thought of more enemies was too much to think about. "I believe the hiring leaving from Ducks in a Bucket is for the gathering of the cure. But that's only if my gossip network is correct." He smiled at them both.