>>5795460What an unanimous support, and it is an excellent choice indeed. Our dear Bob and "Da masked cucumber" are unfortunately still scouting the lands of Darkplace and learning about weak spots in it's defenses, be assured that they do important things.
It was a man of Lord Neutral who informed Brother Louis of the presence of this barge, he was probably a spy present on baronial lands.
My (still unfinished) map of the Barony will be useful for understanding the rest of the context.
>>5795477>>5795614>>5796019>>5796162>>5796194You had to take care of the letter first. Thanking Brother Louis and ordering some converted servants who were leaving the church with you to give him something to eat and drink you left towards Oldfossil's quarters. He was still recovering, his potion had not worked (of course), and you wanted to visit him in his bed so he could help you with the message. On your way you ordered your servants at the stables to saddle all the horses. You regretted very much at this moment the absence of your brave Orcadian and of the mercenary Denarius, they would have been good blades for hire, but they were still scouting the lands of Darkplace and will eventually return with useful information.
Bringing him the letter and reading a bit of it you noted that the letters made no sense at all, they were not making words. The first word "Ucnwv" sounded like the name of one of those place in the English possessions of Wales who were impossible to pronounce, you needed your brave councillor to make everything clear. After saluting him and some polite inquiries about his health you gave him the letter and told.
-What does this means Oldfossil ? It doesn't make any sense at all ? Is it some kind of jest ? Or is there a hidden message ?
-It is clearly a secret code, I think that the letters have been replaced in alphabetical order, I remember that he used this kind of code for many messages. The Neutral lord is a very prudent man, my lord.
-You mean that some people use already incomprehensible letters for the common mortal man who is not a monk to make them even more complicated ?
-So it seems my lord.
-By Saint Denis, may the pest take all those learned men. Traduce it my brave Oldfossil, traduce it.
-My lord, it will take time.
-We don't have it, they have taken Lady Rose prisonner and are moving her on a barge on the Sideplot river to join the Queste and leave the Barony, and even the Duchy ! We cannot let this happen, my men are saddling the horses, we will try to ambush them in the forest.
