Chapter 1 - Trouble In Red Larch

Welsh, the bandit stares wide-eyed at you in pure terror, but he seems to calm down and he nods in agreement.

You take your time to investigate. The wagon itself only has the now broken, wooden cage on top. You decide to also check out the cavern and inside you find several coin purses, old weapons and assorted looted goods. The coins in the purses total 99 cp, 74 sp, and 13 gp.You make your way back to the Cairn Road with the bandit in tow and walk back to Red Larch. Like the way out it is quite uneventful, the weather is more comfortable now that the sun is starting to set, and you get back to the village in pretty high spirits. As you come back, you see that tables have been set up on the main street, it looks like it's been set up to celebrate something. You walk back into the butcher's shop and see the constable with a mop, washing the floors. He smiles as you enter and looks quizzically at your prisoner, "Was it a success?".

Harburk laughs heartily, "Great job!", he looks at the bandit and his expression switches to one of pure loathing, "Come here you scum, we have a cell here for you..., Harburk grabs the bandit's wrist and opens the hatch to the cellar. Before they walk down he turns back to you, "We're having our village spring festival tonight, basically it's just a village dinner mainly, but I think I speak for everyone when I say that you should join us. It's the least we can do."

You all go back to the inn to get ready for the dinner. As you come back out, you see the that what you assume is the whole village is already outside talking, laughing and drinking. There are large fire pits outside of both The Swinging Sword and The Helm at Highsun with suckling pigs roasting on a spit. The beer and wine seem plentiful and the spirits are high.

As you walk through the crowd, you naturally draw quite a bit of attention, especially since Aukan seems to tower over everyone, but you spot Harburk waving to you and you go to sit down next to him and his wife. "Sorry about the stares. We don’t get many of your kinds through here. But everyone knows what you did today, so I don’t think you’ll find anything but gratitude among them. It’s been troubling times, but I think the tide is turning. First you guys arrive and now we’ve learned about a delegation from Mirabar that is coming through the region to survey the situation". He asks you all what you’re drinking and pours you a glass or mug of your preferred drink. "Here’s to you! And the delegation! May our troubles be behind us!". He takes a deep swig of ale and sighs contentedly. "Can’t remember the last time I had time to relax…"