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As Huntmaster, it was Helgi's responsibility to gather the reward from the employer whenever the whole crew undertook a mission. It would be wasteful to have the entire crew head to get the reward.

Helgi shrugged. "Feel free to come along then. Just try to keep that sabercat in check when we get to the horses."

The group of half-dozen Ylgermet Companions headed down the mountain to Silfrisin along with the other Companions. There they informed the village survivors that the Orcs had been taken care of and gathered the equipment that had been left at the mine camp there.

Jofrodr and Reyl retrieved their horse, Sunchaser, and their carriage. They took the same towards Dagastar, with Jofrodr driving.

Even with a carriage, it took the Companions 3 weeks to arrive at the coastal city of Dagastar. It was one of the oldest cities in Skyrim, having been founded by the 500 Companions a few years after the Return. Since then it had grown much, due to it being one of the main ports of Skyrim, being a major stop for traders heading from one side of Skyrim to the other. It housed about 15 thousand people at any given time, much smaller than Vindhelm's 20 thousand citizens.

Helgi's group was not the only one heading to the city. The Harbinger's reward retrieval group, the Vedrfolnir reward retrieval group and all of Captain Rolf's men had gone to the city.

Dagastar was the headquarters of Captain Rolf's crew, the Nidhoggr. If was them that had founded the city centuries ago.

The city was built around a bay, where the docks was located. Around the docks were rows of buildings, built on the side of the hills around the bay. Past the buildings was a stone wall that protected the city. It was nowhere as large or thick as Vindhelm's walls, but Dagastar had another defense that was more prominent: a large fort overlooking the city, the Tower of Dawn, it was home of the city's Jarl and served as a barracks for the city's defenders. The Tower was built atop the largest hill overlooking the bay, which was practically a small mountain. On the second largest hill to the east of the bay was a lighthouse that helped ships find their way into the docks.

On the walls of the city, and from the top of the Tower of Dawn, hung the banner of the hold of Blekva, which was also the flag of Clan Shield-Bearer that ruled the area.

Jofrodr led their carriage up to the Tower of Dawn. Captain Rolf's men arrived there first and informed the guards at the Fort gates who they were. The guards let the Companions into the courtyard, where they were told to await for the steward to meet them.

Jof parked the carriage at the courtyard and then dismounted along with Helgi and the others. "Ah, finally here. Hopefully we get ourselves a good night's rest and a warm meal for once. Hugaldr' cook is killing me."

"Hey, I'd like to see you make something better." The young hunter barked.

Helgi laughed. "He's not wrong Hugaldr. I had never seen someone ruin the taste of venison as thoroughly as you before. Tannr didn't even want to eat it."

The sabercat cub turned to the Huntmaster at mention of his name. He had become quite used to it and would respond to it always.

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When the Stormhawks approached the Tower gates, the guards stopped them. "You with the Companions?" They asked the duo.

(@Nelthro: Hefndir will have arrived in the city before them. You can have him already on his way to Wyrmstooth as he had wanted to take a ship there or you can have him be waiting for his subordinates at Dagastar.)

Harbinger Randagulf's party arrived at the city of Drakefell after about a three week journey as well.

Kal could see city of Drakefell long before arriving at the gates, as it was built on a large lone hill on vast plains. The White River ran to its east, north-eastward towards the Yorgrim River. Winter was nearly over now, so the remaining snows were melting off the plains and the green underneath were shinning through.

It was the largest city in Skyrim, at about 40 thousand civilians living within the walls and in numerous farms on the surrounding plains. The city itself was less dense than Vindhelm, where the population living in more packed together houses in the different quarters. The districts of Drakefell were more spread out. There were four main districts, three of them inside the walls - which were made of a stone base with wooden reinforcements and watchtowers.

The districts were: the River District outside the walls, where farms and most of the houses were located; the Plains District inside the walls, where the shops, inns, market and smaller houses were located; the Winds District above it, where the wealthier houses, the temples, Jorrvaskr, and the Hall of the Dead were located; lastly the Cloud District atop the hill's peak, where the Jarl's Keep was located along with the guard barracks, the prison and a second wooden pallisade.

"Have you ever been to Drakefell?" Elisiv asked Kal as they rode through the River District on their way to the winding road that lead to the city gates.

The Harbinger had only brought with him a few men so they all fit in two carriages. Kal and Elisiv were on the same carriage as Randagulf, the one leading the columb.

"Do you think hamlet will also be burned down?" Kane asked Skorm.

They were on horses, riding towards Áfastr's Hamlet. It was a farming settlement about a week's ride from Bjarveltask. It owed tribute to the town's chieftain and was one of the southern lands in between the town and Hamarrheim that had been attacked in the past months.

They had already checked out a logging camp and another 4 farms that had been attacked. They found each burned to the ground and with no survivors. Try as they might, they had found no clues on the attacker's identities. Were they Orcs, bandits, Giants? They could not tell.

"Áfastr had sent his tribute to the chief recently, so he should still be alive." Skorm said. Gods willing, let him be alive. He had grown tired of finding nothing but corpses and ashes.

They rode around the curve of the road and got their first glimpse of the farm in the distance from in between the trees. "No smoke, a good sign." Agrunac muttered aloud.

Skorm sighed in relief, but his relief was short living as he hear a terrible cry echo over the area, followed by a scream and yelling. "Fuck, they are in trouble! Come one!" He snapped the reigns of his mount and sent it into a sprint.

Kane and Agrunac did the same and rushed after the veteran housecarl's horse.