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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tharune" data-source="post: 3733151" data-attributes="member: 28683">As Grogan makes his way outside and sees the crowd and realizes that 'They' have not come for their deaths his shoulders slump a little in disappointment and he scowls. His feral scowl increases even more when he sees how shiny the new lord and his minions are. 'Those who are inspection ready are usually not battle ready.'. He rolls his eyes a bit as he remembers these very valuable words he learned from a prominent militia leader in the Dale lands.He looks carefully at the collapsing woman a expecting to see a poisoned arrow in her, and then he looks up to the roof top and points to the person who is asking for a 'Death in the Dales' special and says "Slick, K-man - potentially a halfling assassin with a ranged weapon on the hot tin roof." and then points to the collapsed woman.He swats Garren, Carfal, and the new come dwarf as gently as his barbaric self can in one movement to get their attention and then runs towards the street where the new lord is and he screams "Assassin on the roof top!" and points to the appropriate direction. Part of the column and part of the crowd came to a halt, while those behind themcontinued moving; things became very chaotic. The woman began to shake; someonescreamed, "The plague!" which caused further panic and confusion.The leader of the guard gave Grogan a hard look, then stared up at the rooftops.Three of the guard were either slower on the uptake, or not as smart; they headedtowards Grogan. The lead guard urged his horse ahead so that he was in front of Ashchenon.Glancing between the rooftop, the screaming Grogan, and the spasming woman, Carfal decided where his duty lie. "Is she injured?" Carfal raised his voice in question to no one in particular as he jogged to the woman's side, where he set about assessing the situation.It wasn't easy getting there through panicking townspeople, but he reaches thewoman after a moment. Carfal could swear he could see someone's pocket beingpicked as most everyone moved away from the woman, back towards the Prince's entourage. From his vantage point, the woman looked as if she werein serious convulsions. Her mouth and jaws were clenched shut.Garren moves to where Grogan was, trying to see the assassin. He will ready his bow, but not draw an arrow until he verifies the threat. "I'm on the assassin. Someone else secure the woman."After just a few seconds, the ranger draws a bead on the rooftop target- hesees that it is a halfling, rather than a child, and that the halfling is carryinga crossbow aimed down at someone in the crowd.Unnoticed by most a small maroon dragon, newly arrived in the human settlement, glides from rooftop to rooftop while occasionally using its magic (an unseen servant) to help gain altitude. Carrying little more than a cylinder-shaped leather case slung between its wings, the dragon is drawn to the sight of an official procession winding its way through the streets below. Alighting gently on a chimney top overlooking the street, the small maroon dragon is at first distracted by a commotion that erupts in the crowd below while failing to notice the armed individual on the rooftop across the way. Kosj snakes his head around, trying to make sense of the scene as a woman inexplicably collapses and a large half-orc begins shouting a warning and smacking the people around him."'Ware the woman! She's a planted distraction, I'd stake my life on it. Don't let her get away!"Ghelt attempts to find a doorway where he can keep an eye on both the assassin and the woman, and melts into the shadows.[Ooookay, we'll go with present tense]For the moment, Ghelt thinks he's hiding successfully; at least, no one is payingattention to him.Kev heads for the woman, not having much confidence in his ability to hit a halfling on rooftop at that distance, and says to the guards nearby "There's an armed assailant on the rooftop!" pointing.He does not distract the guards heading towards Grogan, but two othersjoin the leader's search for the sniper.Gaeern, being the one who keeps a bead on the target, sees the halfling shift hisfeet and his aim; the crossbow thrums, but instead of hitting the new Lord, thequarrel hits his horse. The horse rears, but for the moment the young Lord keepshis seat.</blockquote>

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