Rode immediately bowed in return.

"Hello, Your Excellency Amides. I am not yet the great Child of Fire. Please just call me by my name."

Amides was a highly respected great scholar in the royal city. He had solved many problems for Thalorian with his knowledge and had frequent interactions with Rode, who always held him in high regard.

Amides smiled and said, "Lord Rode, your achievements are so dazzling that they inspire those of us trapped in the darkness. The knowledge you have given us has been greatly enlightening. Great Scholar Ward even installed a steam engine, invented based on your theories, in his latest golem construct."