Lost Scout

[ChickieBooBoo]

"Keep your eyes peeled, I heard they like to hunt at night." He said it like it was a fact more than a story, but he didn't sound frightened. "Lets keep moving."

 

[StarrNico]

David nodded and urged his horse into a canter. He had noted the bruises on Charles and had no real reason to doubt his story, yet.

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

(Shall we time skip a couple hours?)

 

[Frundette]

Even pushing the horses hard, the trek to Wedmor took Ragnar's men many hours. It was near midnight when the riders finally emerged from the Greywoods and the terrain turned more hilly and much more sparse as they made their way through the cattle grazing land that surrounded much of Wedmor.

The road took them all the way to the Rednut River, named so for the plethora of small red nuts that dropped from the trees this time of year and floated down the river until it spilled into the Smoking Bay. The road then ran north, following the river until the walls of Wedmor came into view...

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[ChickieBooBoo]

Though Terrowin could feel that his horse was beginning to feel tired, he kept up a quick pace right to the edge of town. The wall loomed up in front of them as he dismounted and walked towards the small pop door which served as an inspection spot. If the groundskeeper looked through the small door and didn't like what he saw, he wouldn't open up the main door. This weighed on Terrowin's mind as his knuckles rapped on the door, hopefully someone was on the other side.

 

[StarrNico]

David glanced to Charles to see if the other man was still awake. He turned back to watch Terrowin try to get the gatekeeper to open the door for the three of them so they could get in to see the Lord.

 

[Frundette]

It was a few moments before they heard a bolt being slid and the small door opened. It was too dark to see much of the figure on the other side that peeked through the opening. "Gates are closed until day break!" he announced. "You'll have to wait out there until then."

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

"Sir, my name is Terrowin. I am from Aberdeen and I come with urgent news for Lord Octa. We come in peace, please open the doors."

 

[Frundette]

The gatekeeper was not going to allow himself to break the rules so easily. It seemed every week or so, someone came calling with some urgent issue or other. Why, less than a fortnight ago a farmer had come in the middle of the night to demand Lord Octa do something right then and there about a pack of wolves that had killed two of his cows! "No exceptions!" the gatekeeper said, sounding bored and began to close the small door.

"Son of a.... " Charles muttered under his breath.

 

[StarrNico]

David reined his horse closer to the gate "Sir, I am David. One of Lord Ragnars men. We have urgent news that must be brought to Lord Octa. If you deny us access then many human lives will be lost and it will be on your hands." He said then waited