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<blockquote data-quote="tglassy" data-source="post: 7492577" data-attributes="member: 6855204">[ooc]The town is not that big.&nbsp; In fact, the only reason there's a town is because of the mine, which is owned and operated by the Hercule family.&nbsp; The town built up around the mine, as workers moved there, then their families and shops and inns and everything that was needed to make a self sufficient town.&nbsp; As such, there isn't much in the way of government, beyond the Hercules.&nbsp; They employ what passes for a town guard, because if they didn't they would risk loosing their investment.As for what the Hercules are looking for, it would be all of the above.&nbsp; They are the only law around, and they are looking out for their bottom line, but that mine is also the only source of significant income to the town.&nbsp; Without it, everything else crumbles and the town will be a ghost town within months.&nbsp; So looking out for the bottom line isn't just greed, it's keeping these people fed.[/ooc]&quot;There are no bodies, for one,&quot; Araque says.&nbsp; &quot;The wagons have to go through a pass in the mountain range.&nbsp; We find the wagons, empty, but no signs of an attack or of the guards.&nbsp; Just an empty wagon.&nbsp; So either they're being disintegrated, or they're being bought off.&nbsp; And since there are no piles of ash...&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tglassy, post: 7492577, member: 6855204"] [ooc]The town is not that big. In fact, the only reason there's a town is because of the mine, which is owned and operated by the Hercule family. The town built up around the mine, as workers moved there, then their families and shops and inns and everything that was needed to make a self sufficient town. As such, there isn't much in the way of government, beyond the Hercules. They employ what passes for a town guard, because if they didn't they would risk loosing their investment. As for what the Hercules are looking for, it would be all of the above. They are the only law around, and they are looking out for their bottom line, but that mine is also the only source of significant income to the town. Without it, everything else crumbles and the town will be a ghost town within months. So looking out for the bottom line isn't just greed, it's keeping these people fed.[/ooc] "There are no bodies, for one," Araque says. "The wagons have to go through a pass in the mountain range. We find the wagons, empty, but no signs of an attack or of the guards. Just an empty wagon. So either they're being disintegrated, or they're being bought off. And since there are no piles of ash..." [/QUOTE]

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