May 29, 2020 8:03 pm
You all sleep soundly and wake up as the sun rises above the keep. The courtyard is about half as full as the night before, you can surmise that the remaining people braved the threat of hidden raiders and went back to their homes. The atmosphere is quiet, the loss of lives and property clearly marking everybody in the keep, but you admire the resilience of these townsfolk as they help each other make food, entertain the children and otherwise aid each other in the tasks that needs to be done. The kind, rotund woman who served you soup last night comes over with some more bread for breakfast, some butter and honey. It's not much but it does its job.
After a short while Escobert the Red walks over to you, he smiles broadly as he sees you. "Mornin' te ye all. Hope you managed to get some sleep. I was told te bring ye te the gov'nor when you woke up, if ye'd follow me please". Escobert leads you up to the parapet where governor Nighthill is standing, grimly staring over the town. As you join him and look down, you see that about half the town has been heavily damaged and burned, some of them seems to still be smouldering. The streets are littered with debris from inside the ransacked buildings and unfortunately you also see a few corpses, most of them with cloth draped over them. Governor Nighthill turns to face you, smiling weakly. "I know I've said it before, but I can not express how much this town owes you for what you did last night...that's also why it pains me to ask even more of you. Despite what we learned from our prisoner, this whole situation is still a mystery to me. What exactly is their end game? How many people where involved with this attack and who? Where are they taking the loot? Are they planning to strike again and where?" He stares back out onto his town wistfully, he then looks back at you with a steely determination. "To put it bluntly, I'd like to hire you. I'm willing to pay each of you 250 pieces of gold as well as provide any equipment you might need. I'd like you to find and infiltrate the camp and try and get as much information as you can about their operation. I would send some of my own men, but you have proven yourselves more capable than anyone I know. We've found a trail that the raiders have left to the south-east of the town, it shouldn't be that hard to track a group of that size. Can I count on you?".
After a short while Escobert the Red walks over to you, he smiles broadly as he sees you. "Mornin' te ye all. Hope you managed to get some sleep. I was told te bring ye te the gov'nor when you woke up, if ye'd follow me please". Escobert leads you up to the parapet where governor Nighthill is standing, grimly staring over the town. As you join him and look down, you see that about half the town has been heavily damaged and burned, some of them seems to still be smouldering. The streets are littered with debris from inside the ransacked buildings and unfortunately you also see a few corpses, most of them with cloth draped over them. Governor Nighthill turns to face you, smiling weakly. "I know I've said it before, but I can not express how much this town owes you for what you did last night...that's also why it pains me to ask even more of you. Despite what we learned from our prisoner, this whole situation is still a mystery to me. What exactly is their end game? How many people where involved with this attack and who? Where are they taking the loot? Are they planning to strike again and where?" He stares back out onto his town wistfully, he then looks back at you with a steely determination. "To put it bluntly, I'd like to hire you. I'm willing to pay each of you 250 pieces of gold as well as provide any equipment you might need. I'd like you to find and infiltrate the camp and try and get as much information as you can about their operation. I would send some of my own men, but you have proven yourselves more capable than anyone I know. We've found a trail that the raiders have left to the south-east of the town, it shouldn't be that hard to track a group of that size. Can I count on you?".
