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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 9559908" data-attributes="member: 59816">DonnellThe young knight's plan may have had merit, but it was logistically difficult - the villages and towns that Caine had named were further away from Greyfalls Castle than was Howling Crag (the nearby home of the Stone Giants). Both were northward, but the Castle had been granted to them precisely because of its proximity to the giants, and to the trails and passes that wormed their way through the peaks of the Crystalmist Mountains. The Crag was northwest, and the towns northeast by east, and it would be easier to return to Greyfalls than to enter the mountains from there.While having first-hand knowledge of the attacks might help them in their negotiations with Thane Arnak, it would only serve to delay their audience further. Perhaps by as much as two weeks. His concern for the towns held a personal matter - he'd once trained with a swordmaster in Timulton, and there was an innkeeper's daughter with flashing green eyes that had flirted with him during his stay. He wondered if his concern for Ailysh Parrywell was affecting his judgement, and whether that was a bad thing.* * *DocDoc had heard a lot of yack at the saloon that spoke of the ongoing trouble with the oversized black hats, but much of it was speculative. Just before Doc had left for this meeting, he'd overheard Pykus recommending lodgings to a travelling merchant. He hadn't taken much note of it at the time, other than to remark to himself that he thought it peculiar that the man had brought along his pregnant wife and a lad barely out of his clouts. But Doc had heard that the fellah was from Lambscote, and now it was clear, even through the liquor, that they were refugees.Doc had stopped by the Sherriff's chapel before heading inside, and while the Sherriff himself hadn't returned, the Winds that Whispered had blown through from the Mesa. They were much warmer than was natural for these mountains, and came with a dust that stung the eyes. And they spoke. Much of it was gibberish or things that Doc would probably never understand the meaning of, but three things stood out: the King of Stone is mad; mad is the Stone of Kings, the giants are not all of one mind, even when they are of one skin, and the tall woman has betrayed her father.Wyatt nodded to Doc as he left the chapel, and remarked, "They's cryptic as always, but best be heeded."</blockquote>

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