>>5390921And what of your retinue? You surely won’t be traveling alone, but as your holdings grow and the stock of servants swell, each of your trusted and loyal companions grows ever busier with other duties. The bastard manages your kobolds; the pit-Guard is slave-driver for the dwarves and chief lieutenant, the Thief organizes your communications network, the Hunter and his forces patrol your borders. Oluwadamilare, the Degenerate Archer, seems an obvious choice—he has been lover to ‘Princess’ Jazkarmel and is well-respected among her company of dark elves. The Elf Specialist already awaits you there, busy preaching and counseling faith among your elven converts to the True Faith. But who else will you bring?
>The Throat-singer—elves teach bardic music, and he needs a tutor…>The Cartographer—to better interpret his maps, and the ensure the journey there and back goes as swiftly and smoothly as possible>Agno the Kobold—aggressive and bold penal-slave, still recovering from the most recent battle but reliable in a fight>Ivno the Kobold—quiet, cautious, methodical, competent, but not too assertive or opinionated>The Thief—he can leave someone else in charge of soft-power for a time, for you need his Mask of Many Faces and aptitude for impersonation and infiltration>The Hunter—if things get dicey, you want your best warrior on hand>The South-Merchant—others can oversee ledgers and inventories for a time, for you would have his keen mercantile mind and strong instincts at your call>The Novice Fleshweaver—though she will lament being pulled away from her experiments and studies, you think you would quite like to bring her to a ‘ball’>Write-in 