Reward from Constable Dawnhorn
Rickard thanks Evandar profusely, speaking platitudes to the young warrior for a few minutes until Evandar finally departs with the others.
Shortly afterward, Evandar finds his Uncle Niles still in town, and speaks with him briefly. Niles pats him on the back and tells him "That's a good lad. Just don't let too many folks take advantage of ya while yer on yer own, or it'll get ya into trouble, alright?"
Fayne and Evandar spend their initial reward slowly, getting rooms at cheap inns for the next 5 days. This costs each of them 10 silver, sleeping in their bedrolls on the common room's floor, near the hearth. They spend 5 silver each on meals of cheap soup, potatoes, and hard bread. They spend the last 5 silver of their initial reward on mugs of cheap, flat beer.
Abrielle plays some tunes at the Golden Pare on each of those five days, and earns enough coin in tips to pay for a small private room each night, as the owner of the place appreciates her entertaining and drawing in some extra customers.
Finally, after five days of idly passing the time in Harrowdale Town, in which there's not much to see since it's still kind of rustic, you receive word that Ellarian Dawnhorn, the Constable, has returned. She arrives late in the afternoon, accompanied by a handful of wounded and weary guardsmen on horseback, not as many as she had brought with her when leaving almost a week ago.
When you head over to the Gaol, she is just finishing a short debriefing with Cristoph, the man she left in charge these past several days. He heads over to the Barracks with the five returning guardsmen.
Ellarian nods at you and says "I see you're back as well. Deputy Cristoph told me you had come by a few days ago, asking for payment. Well, he's confirmed that the chandler's son is back, and is going to see if he and a few of the men can retrieve some of the chandler's goods from the Velarswood so the man might be able to try getting back to business. So what did you find?"
After you explain where you found the gnolls and describe your battle with them, she looks each of you over for a moment. Then Ellarian responds "I suppose I can furnish the bounty I had considered when we last spoke. Maybe when my men return with a report of the scene where you fought the gnolls, I might be willing to offer a bit more coin, if you come by in another week. For now, I'll pay you 28 gold coins apiece. Spend it wisely." She gestures for you to wait in her office, and she heads over to the Barracks, returning with small bags of coin, handing each of you one of the bags.
Then, Ellarian, seeing Abde'ragman's pensive face, addresses him, a soft tone to her voice this time. "Regrettably, Calishite, we didn't find any survivors from your caravan. We did eventually catch up to the bandits, and they were a strange bunch, but after we cornered them they set the wagons and their few prisoners on fire. We were unable to extinguish the flames in time to save the prisoners or your trade goods, and they were lost. We cut down most of the culprits despite their distraction and attempt to escape, but one or two did manage to escape during the battle. At that point, our horses were too weary to continue the chase, and we had to return. Several of my men and a few of my horses were lost in the attack as well. They were no ordinary bandits, but professional killers of some sort."
She adds "You should, at least, be able to get by on the reward money from the slain gnolls, until you return home or find other opportunities to earn coin. There may be some opportunities in Harrowdale Town yet, but I am weary, and must catch up on my work here before I rest. Maybe I'll have some helpful information tomorrow."
By this point, Niles has finished his business in Harrowdale Town and set out with his small caravan for his next destination, laden with different trade goods.
[sblock=OOC]I still need to know what kind of accomodations and meals Abde'ragman is paying for over the 5-night wait. Also, Abrielle still needs to pay for her meals each day, though the 20 silver reward from earlier will cover it if she likes (3 days of good meals, 1 day of common meals, and 1 day of poor meals would use up 19 of that silver). Standard PHB/SRD prices apply for Harrowdale Town's typical inns and taverns, though the one or two nicer inns or taverns in town are a little more expensive.
Let me know here or in the OOC thread if there's anything else your characters intend to purchase with their new reward, and let me know what accomodations and meals they'll get for the next day in town.
XP will be posted in the OOC thread at some other point on Friday, since it's late now and I'm going to sleep. I'll move things along here after the weekend or after everyone has posted again.[/sblock]
