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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kahuna Burger" data-source="post: 1545065" data-attributes="member: 8439">Redarn laughs a little at Gath's question, but answers it seriously. "Therick isn't my master, though he holds a higher rank within the city than I do. He and I inherited our father's business as equals and these days I have more of a say in running it than he does. But he was always more interested in the afairs of Bluerun and having input into the running of things and was eventually offered a place on the Council. It has some authority, especially now with things in crisis, but even more responsibility. Anyway, I show respect for his rank because he's earned it, but he's not my master by any stretch."In response to Dorian's questions, Redarn thinks for a while, clucking to the horses and glancing around for signs of trouble. "My brother is both frightened of these men and very angry, with both good reasons and bad. They have killed gaurds of the town, they have stolen a large amount of goods from us, and even with you here some of our citizens choose to abandon the city he serves..." He sighs and pauses a moment. "But for all that they could be negotiated with if they were the soldiers of a petty lord or even the raiders of a mountain tribe. But they are Whore Sons, men who in Therick's world can clean stables if no one else wants the job, or empty slops buckets for their betters, or fall to petty crimes and be executed for them. To activly negotiate with them as social equals is quite likely outside of his comprehension... It is not outside of mine. I think it might be a good idea if these have a leader, and I have suspected that they have some plan or goal they are working towards rather than just plaguing us for sport." He pauses again, thinking deeply. "I don't think Therick would approve of negotiations in any formal sense. But neither will he expect to count the bodies of the fallen. If you report that the bandits have been so soundly defeated that we are safe, and stay a fortnight so he can see it for himself... perhaps swear an oath that you will return if they regroup under another leader... he would accept this and keep any suspicions to himself of how it was accomplished. His love for his city is greater than his pride if it is only his own suspicions. If you wanted him to participate in such a deal, though - His pride is great, and I cannot say he could bring himself to agree."</blockquote>

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