~ Day 19, mid-afternoon: Ashore Yarendel ~
While you were talking, Devlin had wandered off. He had murmured something about returning to the ship. But the debate on what to do next had distracted the rest of you from stopping him.
Then as you were about to do something about it, the guard patrol had approached. They had managed to form a crescent partially around you with the sergeant in the center. He was the one with a buckler and a longsword while his six men carried guisarmes.
The Sergeant spoke,
"Just what are you foreigners doing in our kingdom? We don't get many visitors as of late and there is no call for tourism. I think you all should come with us. No doubt the Captain would like a word with you."
Meanwhile from a only a few building over in an alley, Francis John had been watching the newcomers to Yarendel for several minutes now. He had noticed they came on a ship, something that was no longer so common and he was hoping to gain passage away from the frozen island. But before he could approach them, the guard patrol had finally decided to accost them. Unlike those he had arrived with, the three were made of much sterner stuff and not some common folk to be pushed around. However, from what he was observing, they were about to wind up in the same situation as those he arrived in the kingdom with, but they probably did not even know it. If he did not intervene, he might lose his chance to leave this frozen place.
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Party Status:
Code:
Charity: 42/42 HP remaining;
Yosephus: 34/34 HP remaining;
Francis: 21/21 HP remaining;
->Bacon: 18/18 HP remaining;
Jaelle: 38/38 HP remaining;
Spells Cast:
Abilities Used:
Charity: Smite Evil 0/1, Lay on Hands 0/6, Chan Erg 0/7, Spells 1st 0/1
Yosephus: Chan Erg 0/6, Reb Death 0/7, Resist Tch 0/7, Incorrupt 0/1, Spells 1st 0/5, 2nd 0/4
Devlin: Spells 1st 0/2
Jaelle: None
Conditions in effect: None
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[sblock=For Francis John]@FrancisJohn
Francis John has been in Yarendel for a few weeks. He booked passage on a merchant ship that stopped at the Island Kingdom because of their famous wines. However, he was surprised to find the Island was snow covered in the summer time. Minding his own business, he and Bacon went ashore to do a little exploring and wine tasting.
The merchant and his crew had not been vary happy with the trade situation and attracted too much attention. After brief conversation with a guard patrol, the merchant and his assistants were taken away to the castle and had not returned. The ship Captain and his officers were soon taken there as well. The next day, the dock master had a formal writ and the ship had been seized by the crown and the rest of the sailors were sent ashore. Most scattered to the inns and taverns, but many found themselves getting into trouble with too much drink and ended up in the dungeons too. He had yet to see anyone from the ship he arrived on ever come back.
Francis had managed to talk his way out of getting into trouble initially and had kept a low profile in the last few weeks since. With Bacon accompanying him, that had been a challenge. Most of the people were entirely too trusting of the Queen and her sister to be looking out for their well-being. But the place was obviously being run by a tyrant to anyone from the outside. Anyone found to ask too many questions in hearing of the wrong person would soon find the guard asking them to go to the castle for interrogation.
He had learned that the Queen had retreated from the public to the mountains due north of the port. She was said to have made a castle of ice to reside in. In the meantime her sister has been ruling the capital in her name.[/sblock]
. But we might have to break a few eggs to get this omelet on the stove.[/sblock]
Yosephus kept quiet for a while, listening to the others. He also thought about what Charity said about going out of the town.
