The night passes uneventfully and the group spend some time
discussing their options.
By midmorning the group are travelling down the hill from
the stockade when they come across a picnic laid out with emissary was sitting
waiting for the group.
Emissary invites the group to sit and during discussions he
divulges that he knew of the rumours of what has happened to Vanhold but when
he was pressed further he refused to say anything stating that the group were
not ready yet for that information.
He recommended that the group should seek out the centaur and
make peace with them but before doing so they should seek out a stolen relic of
the Nomen, a bow by the name of “SkyBolt”.
The group listen to the description of this bow and can’t
believe their luck as Vaneer pulls out the exact bow out of their loot bag
which they obtained after killing the sprigan boss.
The group question Emissary about pointers when it comes to
holding diplomatic discussions with the centaur, the fey mentions that the
Nomen tribe worship the Roc in mountains and a bullet which he recommended that
group should avoid “conflict” with these creatures should they want to keep the
centaur happy.
Otto asks Emissary if he knew the location of the Nomen
tribe, the fey gentleman nodded and said he would make a note on the groups map
for them as well as the last known locations of the Roc and Bullet.
As midday approaches Emissary bids the group farewell and
vanishes.
The group talk amongst themselves and agree that it would
make sense to seek out the centaur camp.
As they are gathering their belongings
Natalia hears the whinny of horses coming from the centre of Vanhold.
Natalia shifts into bird form and flies towards the town
centre, as she does she notices 2 additional horses outside of the Inn, next to
them is a man in armour and a well-dressed lady both of which were looking hard
at the door of the inn.
As the group eventually approach the Inn the man in armour
waves and greets them, as they got closer Miro quickly noticed that the crest
on the man’s shield is the crest of house “Surtova” and that the man was Rowan
Surtova whom is a cousin of the ruler of Surtova.
Miro slowed the group down a little and whispered to them
that whilst in the presence of this person they should refer to him as
“Michael”.
Rowan soon recognises Otto and seems pleased to meet the
Duke of Dragonmere, though he seemed even more pleased at the news of the
missing town folk of Vanhold.
Rowan believes that this Vanhold could be a re-occurrence of
the event that caused the royal family of Brevoy to suddenly disappear over 30
years ago.
Rowan proved very insistent that the centaurs are the
culprits behind thi and insists that Duke Otto should seek them out and
eradicate them all as he mounted his horse with intentions of returning to
Restov.
The well-dressed lady was still standing as Rowan rode off,
a little confused Vaneer asked if everything was alright? It turned out that
she had mainly travelled by herself till a short while ago when she bumped into
Mr Ego as she thumbed in the direction of Rowan riding away whom apparently
happened to be heading in the same direction.
Apparently she had come to Vanhold looking for her colleague
“Pendrod” whom came here after receiving a letter out of the blue, the subject
though she did not know.
The group update her on the on the disappearances of the
townsfolk and insist that she travels back to Wyvernshore with Boris as an
escort, there she can await the groups return and hopefully Pendrod’s return as
well.
She agrees that it would make sense to do as they suggest and
turns her horse round as Boris unties his, the group gather their equipment and
start to make their way towards the centaur camp.
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