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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Softwind" data-source="post: 1249720" data-attributes="member: 13893">Bad JudgementSixteenth Session (Part 5, final) The next morning, a guardsman accompanies the party back to the Sheriff’s office.  There, they find a very harried looking Reg talking with two men.  One apparently holds office within the town, dressed in official-looking robes, and the other appears finely dressed in apparel fit for wealthy gentry.  Reg looks up as the party enters.  “Ah, come in, come in.  I was just discussing the matter of your actions yesterday in the townhouse south of town.”“Fredrich here is the owner and landlord of that building,” Reg says, pointing out the man in the gentry outfit, “and Cierian is one of Merikest’s judges,” indicating the man in robes.Fredrich distains the outheld hands of the party, instead directing his remarks to the Sheriff and judge.  “I demand compensation for damages done to my property.  It’ll take the crew weeks to clean that mess up!”  Amid placating remarks from the men that the matter will be taken care of, he storms out from the room, leaving a startled party and a resigned Sheriff and judge.“I had hoped it would not come to this, but…. Well, you heard the man.  Even after I explained that it was being done for the town’s safety, he still demands money for the repair of the house. I know, I know…” Reg holds up a placating hand when the party begins to protest, “You were doing what comes naturally to you, and believe me, we appreciate what you have done here.  But, well… Fred lives here, and I have to deal with him on a daily basis.  Listen, there has to be a hearing, Cierian will be presiding.  It’s a formality, but one we must observe.  Please be here at nine sharp tomorrow morning.  I trust I will see you there?”With affirmatives, some grudging, Reg sees the party to the door.  “I’m sorry friends, I truly am.  It’s out of my hands though…”The next morning, the Companions are lead through a farce of a trial.  Even in the face of the evidence of a plot to build up and strengthen the kobold presence in the area, and the potential destructiveness of such a force, AND the evidence that the Companions were really only defending themselves from Fredrich’s tenant, the judgment goes against them.  The Companions are forced to pay 2500 gold pieces in damages, and are instructed to report to the Sheriff their whereabouts when in town.“Outrageous,” seethes Grimnyr.  “We oughta abandon the lot of em tae thems that’s out in the woods.  Er, if’n there was anything out there left…” he finishes weakly.  Some of the Companions echo his sentiment, while Athena wonders how the town’s admiration of them went sour so fast.“It’s not us, Athena,” Brynn says.  ”It’s what we represent.  And the fact that trouble just seems to follow us.  Perhaps it’s best that we move on from here anyway.  We’ll pay the fees using the merchandise already purchased by Oppol.  We have the receipts, so there shouldn’t be any hassle.  Then we can find another place to continue our search for home.”</blockquote>

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