Feint Whispers Chapter #3: Festival of Falling

[Tokiwong]

Jericho continues to hack away at his foes...

"Nothing like a day out in the city..."

Jericho dips bringing his shield to bear and striking...

"Too bad for the orc... but I suppose he is in a better place..."

 

[jasamcarl]

The beleagured guard falls to Bhartus' mace, while Jericho sliced the remaining traitor in half with his bastard sword. The pleasent rolling garden/field of the Evenwood manor now lies silent....and red.

Out of Initiative.

 

[Tokiwong]

Jericho sighed....

"Alas poor Ardoss, I knew him well... well not really."

Jericho cleans his blade and sheathes it...

"We should be getting back."

 

[Krug]

Bhartus looks at Ardoss and says, "Well I couldn't save you this time. Peace be with you," he says.

"Yes, let's be back. Too much bloody business for the day," he says.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

"Lord and Lady.. what in the nine hells is going on?" Whitney asks as she scoops Mist up and looks around. "They are guards..why are they trying to impede investigation?" looks to the others. "Unless..somoene is trying to forment a blood fued?"

Looks to her fallen comrade. "Someone we owe blood to." her voice quite grim.

 

[jasamcarl]

The party rides back down the trail in the wagon to the center of town. Business is still being conducted, with hollars carrying sweet bids heard over the regular din. "He's a good one! One hundred gold!"
The Yellow Valley nobles are notable in their minor presence, only one or two members from each family present and none of them appear active in the bidding war.

Can I assume you are headed by to your residence, i.e. the magistrate's office?

Let me know what plans if any you have for the bodies.

 

[Tokiwong]

Jericho makes his way through the crowd, towards the safehouse... and to see the sherrif... leaving the others to deal with the bodies.

 

[Mirth]

OOC: Aren't Darven and his wounded comrade that we saved still alive in the back of the wagon? We need to turn Darven in. And am I right in assuming we brought Ardoss' body back in the wagon with us? If so, Tarowyn will try to see to his burial after we've dealt with the Darven situation.

 

[jasamcarl]

OOC: Aren't Darven and his wounded comrade that we saved still alive in the back of the wagon? We need to turn Darven in. And am I right in assuming we brought Ardoss' body back in the wagon with us? If so, Tarowyn will try to see to his burial after we've dealt with the Darven situation.

ooc: correct on both counts. I edited my prior message slightly.

The wagon pulls up to the Sheriff's office. The two Evenwood prisoners are still unconscience.

As you enter the building, you see Sir Whiteclove seated on the far end of the room at his desk, talking to a familiar figure... Nicos Aporos.

The sheriff turns to the party, "Ah, the young sir Nicos was awaiting your arrival. Is Darven Evenwood in your custody? The Aporos heir has come to give us warning that his younger brother, Eurid, would seek to take matters in his own hands and has taken some of his father's men to do so. I sent my deputies to tail him. Do you have any word of him?"

Nicos remains silent, smiling...

 

[Mirth]

Tarowyn rests his hand on the hilt of his rapier and looks Nicos dead in the eye. "You had better wipe that smirk off your face, boy, before I wipe it off for you. Besides, you should be in mourning, for your brother lies dead on the road to Evenwood along with all but one of the men your father sent with him."

Without waiting for the young noble to reply, Tarowyn turns his focus to Sir Whiteclove. "As for your question, Sherriff - yes, we have Darven Evenwood in custody. He and one of his family lay incapacitated in a wagon downstairs. But you and the boy here owe us a blood debt, first. One of the Fist has fallen. Our friend Ardoss was butchered by four of YOUR deputies when he tried to protect our escape from an ambush set by them and Eurid and his men. I think we would consider the blood debt paid if you agreed to put both Darven and this bastard Nicos here to death." The elf prepares to draw his rapier and dagger should his inflammatory words spark Nicos into action. He actually doesn't want to see anyone put to death for what has happened, but he does want to see what the two men's reactions are.