The two merchants that flanks the messenger spilled a circle of water around the group of them, including the elder Templar. In a mere moment, it sprang into an ornate tent, that seemed to keep out unwanted listener from sensing inside it. The merchant then took a knee, as he as the Marid almost always show themselves, in human form. The Messenger spoke formally.
"Elder Templar Jay, I have brought before you today, a message from Chancellor Salahiem. In addition, I have been instructed to give to you a trust and a gift from a admirer that requested to remain anonymous. first... the trust."
The messanger dissolved into a strange pillar of water, set on top of it was a bright jewel. From seeming the jewel itself, the messanger spoke, "This is our true form... a secret for you alone. Now the message and the gift."
The merchants both resented to Jay a letter with Salahiem's seal, and a sharp piece of art, in the form of a black dagger.