Only the empire has enough power to cut off
all the ways in and out of a whole town.

Well, the guilds' power is totally different.
The Union would never try something like this.

It's the empire's style.
Crush problems with everything they've got.
What are they after?

Who do they think they are, sealing off
all the roads like this?

I think the answer to that lies in Nordopolica.
We should hurry, before we're caught.