Tonight we get a bit more information and insight into the adventure with A Guards Revelation potentially changing the parties view of the job itself. But that’s not just all as the threats keep coming and an end is not in sight with tonight’s adventure.
So sneak in a short rest when you can as we face more than just honesty in tonight’s adventure!
A Guards Revelation
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‘I didn’t think the head guard liked me that much to be honest.’ The guard mentioned as he chewed on some hard rations – his hands still covered in grit from the fight earlier. ‘You see this job is kinda make or break for me. I was told if I perform well then my previous failures would be overlooked and I can return to the job that I was aiming for – stable guard. It’s a good job and you get to work with magnificent horses!’. The guards name was Ymerman, a guard that worked at the palace in Wolfhall.
He had told the party that he had failed in guarding the stables that led to a prized foal being stolen. The punishment saw him demoted and sent to patrolling the worst of the districts. However, he was hand picked to guard the wagon that was carrying the royals gift and he showed more zeal than others in completing this test. With the promise of his old post back and a pardon they could not blame him.
What the party found odd was that all the guards from the palace had similar stories. Failed or found lacking in some aspect of their job and were given another chance to prove themselves in guarding the wagon. What made matters worse is that those attempting to get into the wagon had grown more violent and vicious since leaving the city with one guard being severely injured and a mercenary losing a limb when they were ambushed by a street gang near the market district. Ignoring the fact that the guards that patrolled the market also joined in the defence of the wagon these people, men and women, were desperate to get into the wagon. That was within the city walls of Wolfgard.
Now on the road to Wolfhall officially they thought the attacks would lessen – in fact they got more vicious. Traps set in the middle of the road, ambushes from the wagons that passed them by and a constant feeling of being watched haunted them at every moment. They had barely time to rest before they were moving again for fear of being found not moving at pace.
The leader of the company, Captain Edward Argent and his second in command, Anna, were a lethal and effective unit. Both of them had done this work for many years now and worked together like a well oiled machine.
Captain Argent had organised fresh horses to greet them at the next town – hopefully that would see them able to get to the city early and complete the job without being ripped to shreds.
Thanks for dropping in for another night at my tabletop. Don’t forget that the next few nights will expand the adventure further with tomorrow night revealing some pretty big ones. And so don’t forget to come back each night this week so you don’t miss anything this week and, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe
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