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[Haspen]

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[Haspen]

|=| Prologue: Disaster |=|

On a warm, late spring day, at Wachttoren Manor...

Two ladies - one clad in armor, other in finery - were walking down the corridor. Cecilia van de Wachttoren, the daughter of the lords of the manor, and her childhood friend, a royal princess of Galia - Marie-Jeanne de Gallia, twentieth in line to the throne, and one of nieces of the current Gallian Emperor.

Marie spoke into Cecilia's ear, who shuddered in disbelief.

"What!? No way!!"

"This be truth, though!" Cecilia shook her head.

"Truly disgusting behavior! And you say he was caught with his mistress on the night of the wedding feast?"

"Ayes! Imagine the scandal - King of Angeborten sleeping with his mistress while his new wife is frantically looking for him."

"Inconceivable... oh, poor de Ruyter girl!" Marie-Jeanne stopped in her tracks.

"Oh! You know the current Queen of Angeborten??" Cecilia waved her hand in denial, and the two continued their walk.

"Ah, no, no, never seen the girl. But family's territory is to the east of my family's, and we visited them few times when I was younger. Her parents must be especially furious and ashamed, though. Having your daughter marry the king of a foreign country, only to find him cheating on her with another woman on the same day? It's already a small and struggling family, to be dishonored like this... such terrible fate."

"That man disgraced both his first and current wife, and I heard he is unable to perform tasks of governance well. My brothers believe the Angebortians were better off under the previous Queen, despite all the issues her Consort created..." Cecilia chuckled, then shrugged.

"That woman was a scoundrel of her own kind. We can't really be judges for this, though - never been in Angerboten and haven't talked with people from there." Marie-Jeanne let out a tired sigh.

"Neither have I. Oh, I pray the Light spares those poor Angebortians any more misfortune. That country suffered so much in recent times..." Cecilia nodded in silent agreement, and pushed at the door with her shoulder.

The two stepped out into the courtyard, were several people and three mounts - a horse and pair of pegasi - were waiting.

"Must you go, Cecilia? Surely, common soldier and guard can deal with some bandits. Or you could send word to your brother, the commander..." Cecilia grimaced, approaching her pegasus, petting his mane.

"Nay! I must avenge the honor of the holy maidens as soon as possible."

"Cecilia-"

"To violate and rob three Sisters, unarmed and defenseless, in broad daylight? And leave them to die of wounds and exposure at the side of a road? Divine providence had those good travelers passing by, lest those girls have perished and their assailants avoided justice." Cecilia gripped harder on the reins of her pegasus. "The lives of those worms are forfeit! And I will personally see to it."

"Please, be careful."

"Oh, don't worry! They won't even lay a finger on me." Cecilia smiled to her long-time friend, and mounted her pegasus, accepting the lance from one of stable boys who kept the mounts in check.

"Stefan, Lijsbeth! Are you ready?" Cecilia turned to her companions... and then looked to the left, and right, and behind her.

"Wait, where is Levi?"

//Stefan Daalmans, Levi van de Aardemar, and Lijsbeth de Lange are now active!

[Gaterhyme]

"For putting down brigands? I'm always ready." Lijsbeth's gaze flickered briefly upwards as if to check that Levi wasn't about to somehow tumble down from above.

If anyone asked her what the worst thing about the Angeborten situation was, it was the rumors that foolish Tatalians had aided and abetted the foreign rebellion - and now they had little to show for it but further unrest on the borders. She hated that sort of thing, short-sighted good intentions, drinking sunshine wide-eyed until one day reality came crashing down.

That was probably why no one had asked her.

[GiglameshDespair]

There was a tapping of footsteps. A slender figure came into view round the corner, clutching a bag to their chest. They were rather feminine in appearance, almost more so than the armoured ladies present, without the muscles of the more conventional warriors. Half the pale skin of their face was hidden by a hat pulled low and a wrapping of bandages over one side. A heavy-looking brass-clad tome bumped against their hips with each step.

"I'm here. I was just sorting out some supplies in case we took longer than expected."

Levi's voice was softly-spoken, almost melodious. He looked at the group, taking into account the other person present, and gave the princess a small formal bow before turning back to Cecilia.

"I'm ready to go when you are."

"Let's get this over with as soon as possible."

[Wolfhunter107]

"My lance is ready, Lady Cecilia. Those bandits'll never know what hit them."

Stefan nods to Cecilia and the Princess and returns to adjusting his saddle straps, more to look productive than out of any real need. He had already gotten the work done while waiting, excited to get back in the air.

The whole Angeborten thing was bad business, but a part of Stefan regretted that he had been too young to go. Sure, it had turned out badly, most of all for the unfortunate de Ruyter, but it wasn't as if anyone could have known that at the time, was it?

The war to the east had called away many more hired riders away to fly in the name of gold and glory, but by then Stefan had already pledged himself to Cecilia, and he had no intention of breaking that vow.

[Haspen]

"Will you be out for long?"

"Few hours at the worst, Marie!"

"I will pray to th'Light you return safely."

"That never hurt, so please do! Levi, come, you will ride with me. Can't have your legs tired, we will need you fresh and ready for combat." Cecilia reached toward her long-haired friend.

[GiglameshDespair]

"Certainly."

Levi grasped Cecilia's arm and was easily pulled into the right position. He loosely looped an arm around her waist to keep himself balanced.

"Let's go brawl with some marauders."

[Haspen]

"That's the spirit! For justice!" And Cecilia's pegasus took off into the air without further delay.

One hour later...

"Those scumbags are simply going about their business in their pitiful little den." Cecilia scowled after her pegasus touched down after a scout run. She looked back to the top of the hill, where the small stony ruin was poking between the trees.

"Wretched mongrels. They haven't spotted me, though."

[GiglameshDespair]

"Considering our mobility, if we lure them out of their little encampment, that'd probably give us the advantage."

Absent-mindedly, he toyed with one of his bangs as he thought.

"Did you see how many of them there were?"

[Haspen]

"I saw at least three doing work outside and then three going in and out of the ruined buildings, so some more ought to be hiding inside. I would assume there's ten to fifteen of them in total..."

[Gaterhyme]

"They're nothing but rabble. Their numbers won't matter when we run them down and break their will to fight." Lijsbeth shifted her grip on her lance, corralling her impatience and anticipation for battle.

"Just keep your eyes open. No one puts up a fair fight if they have the option not to, much less bandits."

[Wolfhunter107]

"As long as we can catch them in detail, they shouldn't be any issue for us."

"Catch the ones outside off guard, overrun whoever comes out to investigate, and then we can finish off whatever's left."

[Haspen]

"You are right! Our righthousness will help us prevail against these bandits. Let's go!"

But the group, led by Cecilia, didn't get much far into the fort when a trio of bandits, surely on an errand or some such, walked in on them from just around the corner.

"Oh shit!"
"Soldiers!"
"Olaf, alert the boss!" The bandit with the bow turned on his heel.

"Die, criminal scum!"

PLAYER TURN: 1

Objectives:
*Kill all enemies.
*Find 3 Star Pendants.

Enemies stats are here!

Spoiler: Map Info and Objectives (click to show/hide)

Objectives:
*Kill all enemies.
*Find 3 Star Pendants.

Spoiler: HP (click to show/hide)

PCs:
Levi van den Aardemar: 16/16 Needs Action
Lijsbeth de Lange: 20/20 Needs Action
Stefan Daalmans: 18/18 Needs Action

Allies:
Cecilia van de Wachttoren: 18/18

Enemies:
Bandit A: 24/24
Cutthroat A: 22/22
Poacher A: 20/20

[Gaterhyme]

"I don't think so. Turn your back on me and you die faster." More than a half ton of horseflesh bore down on the archer, the point of Lijsbeth's lance aiming for his retreating form.

8-4, Slim Lance Poacher A, canto to 7-4.

[GiglameshDespair]

"Surrender now and you have a chance to live!"

"No? Too bad. Let's keep this short!"

7,3, Wind archer