As you enter in the room, you are met by the gentle light of a hundred candles. It is prohibited to light anything else at night, and even so, the shutters are closed to avoid any chance some light might be seen from outside. The candles give a strange atmosphere to the room, almost dreamlike. A piano is placed on a corner of the large room, with a beautiful woman intent on playing a soft melody. On a wall, four paintings are hung for display, strange things painted in a style quite different from the classical canons of art. You count around thirty people in the room, divided in half a dozen small groups, some gathered around the piano, some near the paintings, some others on the couches near the center of the room. A long rectangular table on one side features a vast selection of food, meat and fish and cheese, things you have rarely seen in the city since the beginning of the war. Truly, money can buy anything, even in a sieged city.
You are met by Julien Faure. "Welcome, my friend. How are you? Come, let me show you around, introduce you to some people".