Kan-Dari!
At that, many who walked away tried to return, but to their dismay, they found their way blocked. Aleyria had erected a barrier after they had left.
"Down payment for your services." Aleyria said very simply. She waved her hand, and the gold began to split into equal sizes and made their way into the hands of all forty thousand people.
Screams of joy and shouts of glee began to sound as the people received their unexpected windfall.
After all forty thousand had received their gold, a glow appeared within the barrier, and all forty thousand realized that they had been marked.
"This mark will tell me that you were the first responders, and will tell the paymaster exactly how much he will have to pay you each month." Aleyria smiled.