Haha, my hunch proved to be correct. All praise the hunch!
Now, this update was excellent. The way Sethyas handled the problem was good, though he might want to make sure he doesn't always ask the councillors to trust him. He might lose their faith if everything he does goes directly against what they think.
One final nitpick though. Did Sethyas just forget about Ilmeni? First he arrives at Bal Isra, all happy and stuff. Then he is forced to blink away. After finishing his bussiness, he goes to the Urshilaku instead of Bal Isra. Though I do believe that Bal Isra lies on the way there so he might drop by for a moment.