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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James McMurray" data-source="post: 1547669" data-attributes="member: 743">The day after the party's return from Rusva Nias, Tahm receives a sealed and stamped letter from the Castellan.Dearest Lord Djonnimar,The Castellan graciously requests your presence tomorrow at the noon hour. You may bring your mercenary group if you wish, as it is a matter of business.Jarvis Ketch,Advisor to Castellan WoodridgeTahm tells everyone else about it, and the group goes into the Inner Bailey the next day. The grounds of the bailey are trampled flat, and a quick glance around shows this to have been caused by troops. Across the inner bailey are several large groups of men practicing horseback fighting, halberd formations, archery, and the heavy crossbow. A single strip of lush green grass leads from the wrought iron gate to the front of the Castellan's Castle.The group is ushered inside and into a large meeting hall. At the head of a table sits a smallish man, who looks up as the mercenaries enter. "Welcome friends, As you probably already surmised, I have a business proposition for you. Recently a band of slavers have been raiding near Corbet, the last stop on the supply lines into our keep. Although they have not impacted trade to here, it is not something I'd like to see continued. I have learned that they base themselves in my lands, and they have not contribute the proper percentages of taxes. As such, I would like to make an example of them. That is where you come in."We have an inside man in their organization, and he has supplied us with maps both to their encampment in a temple, and a map of the temple itself. He has also assured me that one week from today he will be able to divert the main bulk of the guards to outside duties. He is not sure how long he will be able t keep them out, but it should make it slightly easier for you to move about the place. Not everyone will be gone, but at least the armed patrols around the halls will be.Unfortunately our man has not been there long enough to gather full details of the dungeon beneath the church where the group's leaders are holed up, but I am quite confident in your ability to handle whatever they have down there.Although it appalls me to have to resort to such measures, the only thing that these men will understand is brutality. I ask that you plant the heads of the group's leaders on pikes outside the front of the temple. Then open this bottle and return here when it is done.I can pay you in coin or goods, whichever you prefer. My associate Mr. Ketch s skilled in the ways of artifice, and can provide you with psionic goods if that is what you wish. If not, 5,000 gold shall be your bounty. And of course you may keep anything that you find there, but for one item. One of the leaders is wearing a ring that I would have. Bring it to me and I shall give you another 1,000 gold as payment. The ring is solid platinum and bears the symbol of a falling comet.Are these terms acceptable to you Lord Djonnimar?"</blockquote>

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