>>6064317“Still a bad omen…” He replied.
You stood up immediately.
“Omen or not, what matters is that I am still alive. Be it Fel green eyes or no Fel green eyes, I’m not going to allow them to stop me. If I were to allow their actions to affect me, would we have managed to stop Eston? Would I have managed to defeat their force in Shoredon or claim this region to Alterac?”
“You wouldn’t have Prince Alric.” Ragis replied to you as you had raised your voice slightly.
“Sir Gravis, would I have accomplished any of that?” You asked your knight, still not yet officially promoted.
“No Prince Alric.” He replied with a smile.
“I am sorry for having doubted you Prince Alric.” Ragis said back to you. He was slightly uneasy due to this conversation and your eyes, but seemed to keep it all inside him now.
You smiled back to your vassal and sat back down on your old chair.
“Now please, your throne is empty.” You said to him. “And you did promise something to drink.”
Ragis stood there for a second and then went for his own larger chair. It wasn’t exactly a throne, but it was fitting for the Chief of Stonedon. He sat there and looked slightly down at you. A tall bald hill-dweller in his tunic looking down at his black haired, green eyed, young Prince in his elven masterwork armour that is more worth than what Ragis and Stonedon had made combined in a decade.
“Now shall we talk, I really want to hear what has been going on in here?”
…
Stonedon had survived through the winter without many issues and when the Army of Alterac had marched into Strahnbrad Hills, Stonedon had provided them with support and their hospitality. In return Alteraci and Tarren Mill goods had flowed into the small town. There had been no issues or problems that had appeared.
In Stonedon everything was good and fine.
“One reason why I came here was to inform you that I would be campaigning in Durnholde in two weeks or so and I am planning on taking the majority of my soldiers with me.” You said to him as you sipped the beer you had been provided. “I am planning on leaving just a small garrison, couple squads or so to Shoredon.”
“That is not much Prince Alric.” Ragis said to you.
“No, it is not, but based on what we know, most threats that we could face haven’t acted. The trolls are in the mountains, orcs have stayed away. Gnolls, the Syndicate and whatever else are on the other side of the Darrowmere River.” You said to him. “We have an opportunity to do much and I cannot go and let it pass.”
“Then what can Stonedon do for you Prince Alric? I spoke with Captain Garside and offered our help, but he refused. Called our men too green.” Ragis said to you. “We guarded the supplies then.”
“And you did well.” You replied back.
That was the question, what would you ask of Chief Ragis and his soldiers? He was a solid warrior, but his men were green. They had the arms and armour you had provided them, but what could twenty good men accomplish?
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