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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sorren" data-source="post: 1848733" data-attributes="member: 20920">Sorren looked at the dwarf a moment, giving himself time to pick his words carefully. No amount of precautions we take will do us any good? We do not even know what we face, much less it's strength, and you have already given up? We were paid to protect this vessel sir dwarf, and I for one intend to do just that. We will not occomplish this by sitting around sharpening swords.He turned to the others. But he has a point. There is obviously gold flowing through this ship, yet we are hardly an "honor guard". We are also not the typical guardsman used for common guard duty. So we know two things, our employers could afford a better honor guard but they instead chose to employ...us. He motioned to everyone in the room. So why would they do this? A proper honor guard would draw attention. That's its purpose after all. We few look more like people booking passage than a group employed for guard duty. So are they keeping the fact that they needed extra guards a secret? If so, why? The answer to this may not directly concern us, but what does concern us, is the fact that, for whatever reason, they felt they needed more guards. And by the looks of you fellows, they wanted someone a cut above the rest. He nodded at Digger. You do not employ a warforged as a guardsman unless you need something guarded, or you want to make a statement, and we have already estabolished that we as a group would be a poor honor guard.Looking at Digger he added, I do not know what you are being paid, but I can assure you that House Deneith is getting a lot more coin than you'll ever see for contracting you out. Warforged employees are a status symbol with merchants and nobility, and go for considerably more. So, since you aren't being used as a status symbol, you can bet you were hired for your kind's penchant for warfare.I will be surprised if we make it to our destination without earning our pay, he said finally, looking at everyone. They are expecting a fight, or they are taking extra precautions to protect something important. Maybe both...</blockquote>

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