Francisca glares at Taren. "Hey, I'm on your side, People should be free to worship whatever religion they wish for. And I can see why you'd see us as a threat. But still, poisoning my drink? Rothdar's grace imbues me with a lot of patience, but that kind of stuff just doesnt't get any slack from me."
She looks around the tavern. Crossing her arms. "If the father had left, do you really think the town could have gone back to druid control? The paladins had been warned by someone inside the town, with a carrier pigeon, so if the father HAD left, and you guys decided to go back to your old ways, it would only have been a matter of days before that army came marching back, and this time, do you think they'd give you any chance? They'd come in and slaughter every one of you."
She turns around, looking at Seric. "If Rothdar has taught me anything, it's this. You can't just buy freedom, or get it in secrecy, If you do that, you'll always be looking behind you, waiting for someone to stab you in the back or hurt the ones you love. You need to Fight for it. If you want to follow your old ways, you need to show the new ways that they can't keep you down, you need to give them a fight that costs too much for them to pursue.", She looks over at Taren. "You say you can tear us apart? That your village can destroy us, Why us? Why don't you turn your energy towards the paladins of catharsus? They're the ones who caused all the problems for you, they're your enemy, We're just here to investigate a mysterious death and hopefully find some treasure to write an all new, best seller novel."
She reaches down and takes a coin. "I'll take your money, And i won't rat you out, But i'm telling you now, you can't just stay quiet and hope for peace, you need to FIGHT for it. You need to create your own country, where you're free to worship as you see fit, take in like-minded refugees, and create a whole new nation of your own!" She leans in towards taren. "So, what's it going to be? Are you going to keep living like this? Only a surreptitious whisper away from being invaded and enslaved or slaughtered? Or will you take the fight to them, and show them that the old ways are still alive and kicking?"
[Rolling diplomacy, Got 21, re-rolled for master diplomat, but just got the same result]