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Message: <blockquote data-quote="amethal" data-source="post: 3723679" data-attributes="member: 22784">Scene 2 – Bounty Hunter CampJanuary 4th, 6 amSolsus carefully cuts his three companions’ bonds. Then he cuts a hole in the bandits’ supply tent, and liberates some weapons and equipment. Fortunately, the noise the bandits make preparing their breakfast covers any sound of his activities.He then attempts to muddle the mind of the one guard, but the bounty hunter shrugs off the effect. The man has a puzzled look on his face, but doesn’t seem to realise what has just happened. Solsus then decides to adopt a different approach. He slaps the rump of one of the bandits’ horses. The horse jumps, and vocalises its outrage. This distracts the bounty hunters, and Caryk takes the opportunity to discard his severed bonds, leap to his feet and attack. This is the signal for Agatha to appear at the top of the cliff and fire a blast of eldritch energy at one of the guards.A night spent tied up is not the ideal preparation for a morning’s battle. However, Jonathan Farrier has recovered some of his mental energy, and uses it to cloak himself in what appears to be black, glowing armour.Gribron too has a trick up his sleeve. He utters a droning incantation, and attracts the attention of 3 of the bounty hunters. They seem fascinated by his actions, and he takes the opportunity to suggest everything is getting scary, and they’d be better lie down until the danger has passed. Under the circumstances, that doesn’t seem like a reasonable course of action and they decline.Ambar appears at the entrance to the camp, and looses off a well aimed crossbow bolt.The bounty hunters are unable to come up with a coherent strategy. Their leader, the man called Renard, reaches for his longbow and looses a shot at Caryk. His nearest sidekick shoots at Agatha. One of the guards rushes Ambar, and the other two close with Caryk.Solsus gets out his sling, and his eagle swoops into the fray.Caryk and the eagle manage to dispose of the two guards in melee with them. Jonathan Farrier drops the archer with a staggering blast of mental energy, and Ambar and her opponent trade blows.Renard is dismayed by the way the battle is turning, but before he can act Gribron strikes him with a vivid cone of clashing colours. He is blinded by the glare, and Caryk steps up and fells him with a mighty blow.The remaining bounty hunter moves past Ambar and makes a run for it. Unfortunately for him, he can’t outrun Solsus’s sling and suffers the same fate as all the rest.To be on the safe side, Jonathan Farrier decapitates the corpses.One of the tunnel gates has a new lock on it. A thorough search of the camp turns up the key. Inside is a sad sight – a man and a cat who have died of exposure. The man seems to be wearing a shroud of some sort. Caryk takes it. It is radiating magic, and if anything its aura grows stronger when they bury the unfortunate man.Renard’s chain shirt is also enchanted. After a long discussion, Gribron gives way and allows Ambar to have it.They also find a note. Apparently an inquisitor called Boreus will be passing through on his way to collect a wizard, and the bounty hunters can hand over any prisoners to him.This stirs a chord in Jonathan’s memory. He recalls that a wizard called Haddin apparently lives in a farm on the outskirts of the Fire Forest. Haddin had a brother, who was a bad lot. One day the brother apparently turned over a new leaf, but it eventually emerged this was due to Haddin influencing him with magic. This sparked a rush of people who came forward and blamed Haddin’s influence for all manner of things they had done and later regretted.Haddin moved out to the remote farm in disgust, and rumour has it he burned his spellbook.The party decide this would be a good spot to ambush Inquisitor Boreus, but then it occurs to them that he will no doubt have a retinue – a large retinue, if he’s after a notorious wizard like Haddin. Maybe it would be better to get to Haddin first, and take out the inquisitor together.</blockquote>

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