Paths of Legend: The Journey

[crazy_monkey1956]

"In the case, underneath the liner."

Jolly watches her prepare, a thoughtful and vaguely sad expression adorning his features as he puffs on his pipe.

"May the Wanderer guide you safely on your journey."

 

[ethandrew]

Estelle dutifully goes to getting ready, and addresses Jolly before she leaves, "I am lucky it was you who found me. I am indebted to you. I will right the wrong when you lost your niece. Thank you," she leaves slowly, not quite disappointed that she has another long journey to make, but relieved that she has a purpose, determined to have a goal to distract her from the horrors in her mind, from the horrors she's seen these past few months. From the half-elf with the eyes. And the dead. All the dead.

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

Jolly's gaze as Estelle departs seems to echo the horrors she has witnessed...and the mournful turn promises more to come.

OOC: Where is Estelle headed? She is in Delagund, the seat of government in Vedlund. It is a fort with a small inn, a shrine to the Healing Light, an Adventurer's Guild office, a blacksmith, a small market square, a barracks and the Lord's Manor.

 

[ethandrew]

OOC: I figure she'll get right to it, going to meet Captain Pirren at the Barracks. She still doesn't have an excess of gold, so her shopping will be slim to none.

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

As Estelle approaches the barracks, she sees Pirren and his scouts doing practice drills in the barracks yard. After a few minutes, the sweaty men and women take a break, putting their practice weapons up on a rack attached to the barracks building. Pirren, a middle aged and ruggedly handsome human man with salt and pepper hair and sun-bronzed skin stretched tight over a remarkably fit body, wipes sweat from his brow and approaches Estelle, still bare chested.

"Well met. Come to join the Vedlund Scouts?" He looks her over for a moment, "I know you from somewhere, don't I?"

 

[ethandrew]

Estelle blushes slightly at the sight of Pirren. Had this been another time perhaps she would work her charm for a few drinks and a look in the man's coin purse. But not today, well, at least not this early. She smiles, her eyes flash, and she looks at the powerful man resolutely, "You have a fine memory, Captain. I was part of the Silvergard party from Azgund several months back. We came in with Jolly's niece, and the two stricken with ghoul fever. But myself and the knight had another task to complete and here was where we separated the group. But I am back and I have need of your fastest horse and supplies enough to get me to Azgund. I have no coin but Jolly has vouched for me."

After Estelle has said her piece she straightens up her small frame, lifting her chin slightly. The sun was bothering her slightly, but she felt she needed to display an air of confidence to this man.

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

Pirren harumphs good naturedly, "I trust Jolly to make a fine uniform, but not in most other matters. Sneaky and conniving as they come, that one. But, I can see this is important to you so I'll make you a deal. It so happens that I have an urgent message I need delivered to Lord Ezra. I was going to send one of my scouts, but you'll do and that way my scout doesn't need to miss our next patrol. Do we have a deal?"

 

[ethandrew]

"Your generosity is greater than I expected. I guess all those things they say about you are true after all," she grins coyly before nodding her head in thanks. "I will of course deliver your message, but I do not know the Lord Ezra. And I hope to leave sooner rather than later, so how long do you think it will take to prepare the horse?"

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

Pirren smiles and shouts back at his scouts, "Dennys, get the messenger horse from the stable and get it ready to go. Five minutes!"

A young man jumps to, with a crisp, "Yes, sir!" as he heads for the stable.

Pirren turns back to Estelle, "Lord Ezra shouldn't be hard to find. He's stepping down as lord of Vedlund this year, so he'll likely be watching the tournaments closely to keep an eye on his successor."

Pirren walks over to his shirt and uniform vest and gets a sealed letter out of the vest pocket, which he then hands to Estelle, "This is very urgent, so I need your word that you'll get it to Lord Ezra as soon as you get to the capital."

 

[ethandrew]

Estelle takes the later and goes about securing it safely in her backpack, "His will be the first face I see when I get there." There was a little spot in the back of her mind that was many parts curious about the contents of the message, but the wax seal would definitely prove to be too much effort to replicate. Plus these people had been kind to her, in a way. And the halfling Jolly had vouched for her, the Captain would be providing a horse and supplies for her, it was more than she felt she deserved.

And so she stood, waiting expectantly and patiently.