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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doghead" data-source="post: 1876567" data-attributes="member: 8243">November 12, back on the road.Horses and ponies are eventually saddle and mounted, farewells said and small gifts of fruit or smoked meat pressed into your hands as you head off out of the village. Glancing up you see that the sun is not quite at its zenith. With the horses rested and refreshed, you should arrive at the stead of Beck before sundown.And so it proves, although a short detour down the wrong path at one point does mean the sun is approaching the horizon when the trees open up and the first fields of the stead appear before you. The stead is a sizable one. About a mile away a huge Great Hall holds the center of the stead. It is surrounded by numerous smaller buildings, including some as large as many of great halls in other steads. Numerous people work the fields and herds that you can see surrounding the central cluster of buildings. You have all heard something of the stead of Beck and the man who commands the loyalty of those who live there. Sean Beck.Sean Beck was one of the great warriors of the Analand. His name appears in many of the stories told by your fathers and uncles and grandfathers even. Three Rivers Running and The Burning of Cymara are the most well known tales which spring to mind. If the tales are true, then he is a bear of a man who few can lay a weapon on when he has a spear in hand. But for the last dozen years or so he has lived out here and shunned the city, although the stories don't speak to that.As you move down the road, several people stop and watch and sometimes wave. But none make any move to intercept you. A moment later it becomes clear why. Three men on ponies emerge from the stead and gallop rapidly toward you. Unlike those in the fields, they wear armour and carry spears and swords, although they are carried lightly and tradition demands that visitors are treated with respect and given food and shelter so long as they come in peace. But then again, these are more troubled times than usual.ooc: the terrain is fairly open and the riders about half a mile distant. It will take them about 5 minutes or so to reach you.</blockquote>

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