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<blockquote data-quote="Axel" data-source="post: 5924748" data-attributes="member: 93196"><p><strong>Rodric</strong></p><p></p><p>The armoured newcomer stepped forward into the light and bowed slightly, the light gleaming off his bald skull. Rodric had observed the group for a minute, trying to add personalities to appearances. Knowing people was important, especially if he was going to have to work with them, as seemed likely. He stood proudly, shoulders back and head held high, the scales on his armour reflecting the candlelight and firelight in a myriad of patterns. A battered wooden shield stands by the door where he has placed it.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange">"Ladies, gents. Elves."</span> he added after a pause, clearly trying not to spit the word out with a slight narrowing of his eyes.. Rodric's voice was slow, deep and deliberate, as if he was choosing his words carefully <span style="color: DarkOrange">"Your problems, like everything in a war, come down to logistics. If all those here intend travelling to Siere in a single group then you will need wagons for food and supplies, draft horses to pull them and an escort to make you unattractive to bandits of more than thirty, more likely closer to fifty. Every peasant along the road will know of your travels, let alone the spies of your enemies."</span> </p><p></p><p>He paused for a second, rubbed the bushy black mustache with his right hand and continued. <span style="color: DarkOrange">"Shorty has the right of it. Two groups, though three would be more like to reach the capital. Send one with your decoy elf in a carriage or something that screens him from sight. Mounted escort. Send another the day after dressed as merchant and guards. Wagons and all. Put the important elf in it and keep him out of sight. Last group can go on foot. Leave as messengers going different ways and meet up in a village. Go on foot, or mounted and work like a flying reserve? More care needs to go into protecting the important elf. He's dead, I'm guessing, if he gets caught.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Axel, post: 5924748, member: 93196"] [b]Rodric[/b] The armoured newcomer stepped forward into the light and bowed slightly, the light gleaming off his bald skull. Rodric had observed the group for a minute, trying to add personalities to appearances. Knowing people was important, especially if he was going to have to work with them, as seemed likely. He stood proudly, shoulders back and head held high, the scales on his armour reflecting the candlelight and firelight in a myriad of patterns. A battered wooden shield stands by the door where he has placed it. [COLOR="DarkOrange"]"Ladies, gents. Elves."[/COLOR] he added after a pause, clearly trying not to spit the word out with a slight narrowing of his eyes.. Rodric's voice was slow, deep and deliberate, as if he was choosing his words carefully [COLOR="DarkOrange"]"Your problems, like everything in a war, come down to logistics. If all those here intend travelling to Siere in a single group then you will need wagons for food and supplies, draft horses to pull them and an escort to make you unattractive to bandits of more than thirty, more likely closer to fifty. Every peasant along the road will know of your travels, let alone the spies of your enemies."[/COLOR] He paused for a second, rubbed the bushy black mustache with his right hand and continued. [COLOR="DarkOrange"]"Shorty has the right of it. Two groups, though three would be more like to reach the capital. Send one with your decoy elf in a carriage or something that screens him from sight. Mounted escort. Send another the day after dressed as merchant and guards. Wagons and all. Put the important elf in it and keep him out of sight. Last group can go on foot. Leave as messengers going different ways and meet up in a village. Go on foot, or mounted and work like a flying reserve? More care needs to go into protecting the important elf. He's dead, I'm guessing, if he gets caught.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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