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<blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 4672698" data-attributes="member: 11437"><p>Just then, the doors to Mensener's Alehouse swung open. A pair of armored men carrying halberds, wearing the mayoral crested tabard, pushed through the doors. After them, <strong>Mayor Jinthaleer Haylen</strong> came into the alehouse.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: gold">"I'd heard there was some sort of gathering going on in here,"</span> the mayor said. <span style="color: gold">"I can't say I'm surprised."</span> He looked at the proprietor, Bilbray Mensener. <span style="color: gold">"Are you fomenting dissent again, Mensener?"</span></p><p></p><p>Bilbray Mensener blanched. <span style="color: gold">"I... no, mayor,"</span> he replied. <span style="color: gold">"I wouldn't... just some folk talking. No harm there."</span></p><p></p><p>Haylen looked over the crowd. <span style="color: gold">"Yes,"</span> he said. <span style="color: gold">"I suppose that's true. Still..."</span> The mayor started walking through the crowd as his guards gently moved people aside. <span style="color: gold">"We have a lot of weighty issues at hand, as all of you know. Everything seems to have been caused by this Blackstag Cult. But what to do about them? I know that some of you wish to hunt them down and root them out. But how would you go about doing that? With Lord Finsany's demise, and his militia dissolved, we have no soldiers. We defend Haylen's Ford with our own pitchforks and spears, and not much more. Even if we had a militia, where would we send them? Do any of you know where the Blackstag Cult hides? I don't."</span></p><p></p><p><strong>Billiam Grone</strong>, who had thus far sat silent, nursing a mead, stood up. <span style="color: gold">"Mayor,"</span> he began. <span style="color: gold">"The Foresters may have an answer for your lack of a militia."</span></p><p></p><p>Mayor Haylen winced at the suggestion. <span style="color: gold">"Go on..."</span> he slowly replied.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: gold">"Have you heard of the Guild of Swords and Cups?"</span> Grone asked.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: gold">"I have not,"</span> Haylen said.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: gold">"Of course not,"</span> the piermaster said. <span style="color: gold">"I wouldn't think so. It's a new guild the Foresters have formed. It is intended to attract mercenaries. We could use those mercenaries to --"</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: gold">"Absolutely not!"</span> the mayor shouted. <span style="color: gold">"We hire no transient sellswords in Haylen's Ford. If someone wants to help out, let them step forward and prove themselves. If they can show they are loyal to <em>Haylen's Ford</em> and not just the golden sheckel, then perhaps we can talk."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Insight, post: 4672698, member: 11437"] Just then, the doors to Mensener's Alehouse swung open. A pair of armored men carrying halberds, wearing the mayoral crested tabard, pushed through the doors. After them, [b]Mayor Jinthaleer Haylen[/b] came into the alehouse. [color=gold]"I'd heard there was some sort of gathering going on in here,"[/color] the mayor said. [color=gold]"I can't say I'm surprised."[/color] He looked at the proprietor, Bilbray Mensener. [color=gold]"Are you fomenting dissent again, Mensener?"[/color] Bilbray Mensener blanched. [color=gold]"I... no, mayor,"[/color] he replied. [color=gold]"I wouldn't... just some folk talking. No harm there."[/color] Haylen looked over the crowd. [color=gold]"Yes,"[/color] he said. [color=gold]"I suppose that's true. Still..."[/color] The mayor started walking through the crowd as his guards gently moved people aside. [color=gold]"We have a lot of weighty issues at hand, as all of you know. Everything seems to have been caused by this Blackstag Cult. But what to do about them? I know that some of you wish to hunt them down and root them out. But how would you go about doing that? With Lord Finsany's demise, and his militia dissolved, we have no soldiers. We defend Haylen's Ford with our own pitchforks and spears, and not much more. Even if we had a militia, where would we send them? Do any of you know where the Blackstag Cult hides? I don't."[/color] [b]Billiam Grone[/b], who had thus far sat silent, nursing a mead, stood up. [color=gold]"Mayor,"[/color] he began. [color=gold]"The Foresters may have an answer for your lack of a militia."[/color] Mayor Haylen winced at the suggestion. [color=gold]"Go on..."[/color] he slowly replied. [color=gold]"Have you heard of the Guild of Swords and Cups?"[/color] Grone asked. [color=gold]"I have not,"[/color] Haylen said. [color=gold]"Of course not,"[/color] the piermaster said. [color=gold]"I wouldn't think so. It's a new guild the Foresters have formed. It is intended to attract mercenaries. We could use those mercenaries to --"[/color] [color=gold]"Absolutely not!"[/color] the mayor shouted. [color=gold]"We hire no transient sellswords in Haylen's Ford. If someone wants to help out, let them step forward and prove themselves. If they can show they are loyal to [i]Haylen's Ford[/i] and not just the golden sheckel, then perhaps we can talk."[/color] [/QUOTE]
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