I was very much right about the weather in Cales. I actually thought my hopes would be dashed and that it would be cold and rainy, as it usually is. But I was pleasantly surprised.

Tyler had been unsure whether or not the darkfire scripts on the scroll in question were genuine. He had been made aware of what Tom Kearney had asked Paul. Tyler had taken part in his role, but had never actually seen the darkfire scripts, nor had he actually asked Paul about them. In fact, he was afraid to do so for fear of causing the very in-fighting that Kearney had hoped would happen. This, after all, had taken place back in 1308; and things were tense back then.

In any case, Paul told me that the darkfire scripts in question were, in fact, real. They had belonged to Ceri Mains, who gave Paul permission to copy them. The reason they used real scripts in the setup against Tom was because Paul wanted to ensure that Tom felt that Paul was honest and loyal, should Tom examine the darkfire scripts for himself.

After the attempted citizens' arrest and Tom's disappearance, Paul grew concerned that Tom would take the darkfire scroll and use it as evidence against him in the face of the darkfire prohibition still in effect at the time. Paul had his avatar return to the Tavern in Antemaersa to retrieve the scroll and found it missing. He reached out to Ceri Mains, who told him that the darkfire scripts were still unspent from what she could see, and told Paul to hide himself, as border patrols having been stepped up would have made it especially dangerous to flee the country.

So Paul went into hiding but continued to assist Tyler by assuming the disguise of someone who had the potential to be friends with Tom Kearney. With this disguise, Paul befriended Kara Martins and Peter Crane. Kara and Peter had been friends in the past, even a romantic couple from what I gather. But by the year 1308, they had long been mortal enemies with each other, despite both of them having hostile attitudes toward the Darkfire Community. Paul had managed to get in conversation with the both of them, albeit separately, in the hopes of getting further information on Kearney.

He had completely disengaged with both the Darkfire Community and Cabotton University after Patrick Henry became the Headmaster. But before he left, he gathered that Kara had been on talking terms with Kearney around that time.