[HQ Ignorance] Scene 74: On the road to Farthest

[Nic Hughes]

For a moment Aalmon had to wonder how he had caught himself up in a war 
in which he found both sides unlovable and could not find it in his 
heart to hope that either would win. That is the secret of War he mused 
to himself, it drags us in whether we wish it or not.

He turned around to the elf and spoke in their Western tongue "So my 
lady, which way should I lead you to get us where we need to go?"

He looked again at the ruffians and the foolishly brave farmers, he 
would have to free them if he Icthya to head back into rebel held lands. 
Possibly a little dangerous but he should be able to handle it. The 
other one he was not so sure, not of what she was or of what threat she 
might pose.

Nic


Lev Lafayette wrote:
> Scene 74: On the road to Farthest
>
> The Sun Dome Templar had nodded wisely at Aalmon's truth explanation of
> Icthya's background and history, and seemed to be more than pleased to
> be rid of this headache. "Take her to your commanding officer, and ask
> for leave there", he responded. And Aalmon did so, and his although his
> commanding officer questioned his bravery, for it seemed that he was
> finding an excuse for leave on the eve of battle, he let Aalmon and
> Icthya go, for there would be only minimal use for a mounted scout such
> as Aalmon in the environment through the wooded hills that they would be
> travelling through. "But you are not getting off that easy", the Lunar
> officer informed his scout. "There are other prisoners as well; take the
> lot of them to the Temple of the Reaching Moon in Tarsh. I suspect there
> will be more prisoners after the day, so if you can hurry you can give
> advance warning as well."
>
> Thus Aalmon found himself in charge of taking half a dozen prisoners
> northwest each tied by leather thong to their fellow, away from the
> coming Battle of Iceland. Apart from Icthya, there were five rebels,
> four men and one woman. From his summation, at least two of the men were
> battle-hardened, and wore runes of Wind and Movement, bearing their
> membership to Orlanth cult. The others two, although also Orlanthi,
> seemed to be simply peasants who had decided to fight against the
> civilising invaders. The woman on the other hand was very unlike the
> others; her eyes darted from one place to another; on her left arm she
> wore the rune of Disorder.
>
> Aalmon had to make a decision on which path to take through this harsh
> and cold countryside. Through Duckpoint to the west was once
> possibility, although it is likely there would be duck bandits in the
> direction. Directly north through Upland Marsh did not seem particularly
> feasible. Taking a north by northeast path would probably be the safest,
> however it was also the one most distant from his nominal journey.
>
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