>>6063719With a little wave, Hilma sends Bormin and the retinue forward to inspect the mint, meanwhile she puts on her motherly voice and attempts to console the weeping minter.
>Wisdom Check auto-pass. The Dowager-Queen was definitely the right choice for this mission.“It’s okay dear,” Hilma soothes, patting the man on the back. “Help is here, tell us what happened.”
Between sobs the minter says that a few days after news of the attack on the castle, his workers and guards decided that the cause was hopeless and that they had to look out for themselves now. They stole all of the prepared currency and raw material and left. “I tried to stop them your grace, but they were all in agreement better that they take it than some foreign invader or bandit. When I got in their way, they beat me and said they’d kill me if I ever told anyone.”
The minter shudders and another sob leaves him “I haven’t left the mint since your grace. I’ve been here for weeks waiting for some invader or bandit to kill me for some treasure that ain’t even there anymore. It’s been so long I don’t know what’s going on anymore. I haven’t seen my family in forever and I just want to go home your majesty.”
The man breaks down crying again and Hilma consoles him. “You did well master minter. The money may be gone, but you’ve saved the equipment to make more. That’s the important part.”
“Aye, that I did miss.” The minter says, coming around some “After the others left, I pulled the important parts out of the presses and hid them and all the necessary tools so that no one but me could use the equipment.”
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