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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jairami" data-source="post: 108080" data-attributes="member: 1148">As they drew nearer to Ardonia, Collin endeavored to come up with as soft a way to explain events to Baron Ardon as possible.  He still maintained that they had acted in Sara's best interest at the time and that it was the only thing they could have done with the knowledge they had.  Vehemently maintained.  Tylette's sharp tongue was still somewhat leashed and said not a word to Khuuld, but it still had some lash for Collin's conscience.Unfortunately, Collin's true but carefully worded account of events would be for naught as Byron arrived in town first and gave a bitter account of events from his perspective.  A lot of the blame was shifted to Khuuld through shaded inference, but the result was the same.  Byron tried to offer hopes of vengeance to the Baron, but holding his weeping wife in his arms he could find no hatred for the group.  Nothing but sorrow held sway in his heart.  Nodding his understanding, Byron left to wander and sharpen his skills, and someday bring vengeance upon Khuuld.When Collin, Frederick, Khuuld, and Tylette walked back into the village, they were met by a red-eyed Baron.  He had little anger left for them in his sorrow and he told them that he could not stand to see them.  Before news of what had happened had reached him, he had set into motion the rebuilding of the bridge that once connected Ardonia to the outside world.  He had thought that their isolation must end with the re-emergence of the goblins in the surrounding lands.  While not complete, they were ordered to cross that bridge and never return.Apologies and explanations were attempted and waved off.  "You did what you thought you had to.  It changes nothing, begone with you before my sorrow burns my blood for vengeance."Tylette and Frederick both made hasty goodbyes, packing up what little they owned while Collin and Khuuld tried to figure out where to go.  Ardonia had been cut off so long from the outside world that they really did have little or no idea what lay beyond their small part of it.  Tracking down knowledge that the old bridge once was a part of a trade route to a port city far to the west, they waited outside of town for Tylette and Frederick.Weary physically and exhausted emotionally, they set forth to the northeast leaving their home.</blockquote>

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