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You make as if you're interested in his offer and he immediately begins ordering you about, telling you to bring him some "vittles and wine to restore his color", and to return his longsword "posthaste". You promptly knock on him the head with the pommel of the blade and watch his eyes roll back. You'll let the lord deal with him. You'd prefer to keep your head clear of noble matters.
You retrieve some rope from your stores and tie him up. Then you take a moment to wash up. The trials of the day have left you utterly spent but you cannot rest yet. There is much to do. Luckily, you need not go it alone. Gordon shows up at your door, wielding a scythe and caked all over with mud and blood (only a little of it his own). It seems he was able to successfully fend off the raiders from taking the Wescott daughters captive, no doubt elevating himself further in their eyes. Not long after him, comes Mabel.
The meeting of the two goes about as awkwardly as you might expect. But it seems Mabel was right. You are pleased to see that Gordon no longer harbors the infatuation for Mabel he once did, but even seems to regard her with trepidation. Mabel does not appear to be here for him, however, for she embraces you at the first opportunity, thanking you for saving her and the twins.
She then asks about your Gran and you bring them the both of them to Renault and tell them about Ragnvald and the Haroldson twins. You spare Mabel the sight of the bodies, but Gordon you take down into the cellar. He assures you that you did the right thing and that the stomach wound was probably fatal in any case.
The three of you then make for the castle, with Gordon carrying Renault on his back and Mabel hoping to find her mother among those who sought shelter behind the battlements. At the village square, the lord's men are already gone. The fires have all been put out, including the one in the reeve's house, though it seems to have done its damage for the entire house has been destroyed.
The reeve himself, you find standing atop the curtain wall of the castle. As you approach the gate, he waves at you and rushes down the inner steps to greet you. He first confirms that your Gran is safe. It was, in fact, he himself that directed the Haroldson cousins to your house to that end.
He then asks you to confirm what the lord's men have already told him: his home is in ruins and his father (whom he had apparently abandoned in his haste), was consumed by the fire. Having lost both his fortune and his reputation in one stroke, he clings to the only thing that remains. He looks about you for his only daughter and not seeing her in your company, he poses the remaining question only with his eyes, not even daring to utter it aloud, so fearful of the answer.
You decide to:
>Tell him the truth. You took his daughter to the southern port.
>Tell him you couldn't find her nor your uncle.
>Tell him you found them both dead, relieving him at least, of the uncertainty
>Write-in