Feint Whispers Chapter 7: Blood, Sweat, and Fears.

KaintheSeeker said:
"Enough!" Whitney says as she starts to do her turn away, but stops at the bickering between her companions. "We shall not debate ethics in front of the enemy! Especially one.." she looks at the man in question. "who has laid aside his oath of fealty. However much or.. little honor he may have, we will respect the field of Parlay Tarowyn." the red hair she's currently dyed her normally chestnut locks to seems quite approapiate as she spurrs up to Tarowyn.



(OOC: Sorry.. she's tired of foolish men and lots of posing, figured she'd break her act for such an act)
"Woman!" he levels his blade at Whitney, "To the rear, don't make me say it again! Scouts escort this wench to the rear and sequester her! Tarowyn Coldcloak you are relieved of duty until further notice... you have struck a grievous blow against my honor and the honor of this army with such acts that bring us lower then the goblins that haunt these forested hills."

Party meeting later... we have a few things to hash out... and yes Jericho is pissed :)
 

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A squeak escapes from Norri as the arrows fly from Tarowyn's bow.

Not... good...

Time seems to slow down as the arrows fly in their arc towards the horse, but matters steer elsewhere as Jericho gets angry. Norri looks about awkwardly, and hopes this doesn't get any worse.

Not... good... either...
 

Tarowyn calmly shoulders his bow and looks coldly back at Jericho, "You said the knight was protected under parley, but you never said anything about his horse. Perhaps you should be more clear in the future."
 

Mirth said:
Tarowyn calmly shoulders his bow and looks coldly back at Jericho, "You said the knight was protected under parley, but you never said anything about his horse. Perhaps you should be more clear in the future."
"Don't be so flippant, elfy," Jericho scowls, "you are dismissed, scouts escort Tarowyn to the rear along with the lady."
 

Norri rings his collar and looks to Whitney and Tarowyn.

"Well folks, you heard the boss, I gotta escort you to the rear," he says, a tad nervously, "Orders 'n' all, you know."
 

"Shall we first fight amongst ourselves before the true enemy?" says Bhartus, almost wanting to cast a spell to see if the Knight had somehow laced the air with some magick that has sowed such dissenssion. "I would stay my hand elf. There are rules to war, and I suspect best to stay your hand."

If none of the party bothers, Bhartus asks a scout to see what's at the hill the Knight pointed out.
 

"Where was your so-called 'honor' when you killed that child out-of-hand so many months ago, Jericho?!" Tarowyn says loudly, his face turning as red as his hair. "Don't speak to me of honor, human. You forget what we've been through. You owe me and the rest of the Fist your life many times over. Your hot head and impulsive nature sent you to death's door so often that you broke the knocker. I was asked by Lord Evenwood to lead this group with you, but I and I alone made the decision to follow you instead. Don't presume that you can abuse that power I gave you indefinitely. I will heed your orders now, D'orite, but don't push me..."
 


Tarowyn's arrows lodge in the side of the horse's neck. The animal screaches in pain before keeling over on its side, bringing Kravik down with it in a hard impact on the ground. The poor creature thrashes around, bleeding, before falling silent and limp.

As the party immediatly falls into bickering conscerning Tarowyn's attack, Sir Kravik, with relative grace, slowly picks himself off the ground, brushing the dirt off his armor.

The scouts too don't take immediate action, still stunned by Kravik's presense, but also by the back and forth of their commanders. But eventually, they act, and lead by Norri, escort both Tarowyn and Whitney, guised in common dress but still feisty, back to the main column; they do make sure to keep a decent distance from the elf though. ;)

As a remaining scout scurries up the hill at Bhartus' directive, Kravik gives a quick cold glance to his fallen stead, before stepping before approaching the remaining two members of the Fist, a smile strangly still present, "I never thought fI wouldn't fault the elf too greatly; through they are usually able to supress such tendencies for a bit of gold, their kind has no appreciation of honor; the gods never completed them..an orphaned race... I'm only thankful that I decided not to carry my weapon, otherwise I fear I would have been made the hypocrite." He laughs at that before falling silent, "You have my thanks for the intervention, D'orite. I promise to make both your deaths good ones, " looking to Jericho then to Bhartus and back again, " even if our greenskin allies wish otherwise."

Norri, Whitney, and Tarowyn: you return to the camp only be greeted by suspicious stares from the knights and anxious whispers and murmers rising from the ranks of infantry. One addresses Tarowyn directly, some degree of spite in his voice, "Something amiss, 'Commander'?"

ooc: yeah, I think we can all forget about that moral bonus you earned ealier. :)
 

Jericho grits his teeth, "The honor of killing you will be mine Sir Kravik, but I promise to give you a warrior's death, quick and to the point. But as a man of honor, and one who respects the legal bonds of war, I cannot let you leave here worse off then you arrived especially under the bonds of parley."

The D'orite dismounts and removes any personal items from Saladin, and then leads him by the reigns to Sir Kravik, "Ride swiftly to your army, bring your goblin allies, summon the forces of Hell itself, but we will fight, and it shall be our blades and our wits who determines who shall control these lands."

“Ride, sir knight, you may be my enemy but this D’orite will meet you on the field of battle,” he hands the reigns to Sir Kravik, with a wry smile, “take good care of him, I will be retrieving him not long from now.”
 
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