Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20180414200018/@comment-17114085-20180706233429

(@Nelthro: You had to disassemble ballistae to get a hold of missing parts. Varo himself said that it would take time to build the animunculi. :P)

The horsemen leader didn't care that Varen was agitated. He ordered his men to round up Varen's party and they began escorting them to Fort Cyrus.

Since the group wasn't caught far from Almawt, they made it to the fort before long.

Fort Cyrus was rather large, fit to house a garrison of 300 soldiers to protect the small island of N'Gasta. It was a small group, but that was because a garrison of 1200 soldiers stationed nearby on Stros M'Kai. The fort was made of sandstone and had four towers at the vertices of the walls. Numerous arrow slits lined the towers and battlements. There were two main entrances, one to the west and one to the south. The fort's central keep was located on the northeastern side of the courtyard and it stood at about the same height as the four towers.

As the horsemen approached the western gate was opened and they led Varen's group inside.

"Call the captain, we've rounded up suspicious individuals." The horsemen leader told his comrades.

The docksmaster pointed it out. "Just follow the main road to the west, you can't miss it."

"Eniel Pirates? A rotten bunch those scum are. To think they were once nobles, before the whole Red Wedding ordeal." The Procuratore spat. "Good riddance. Have you taken the captives to the city dungeons? King Cassander's men should be plenty happy to have them locked up there, it would give him favor with the High King to turn in relatives of the murderous Lord Eniel of Shadowfate."

The Brinehammer pirates left the sailors bound up on the ship and sailed away. They would eventually get themselves loose and return to Dawnstar, the nearest city, which is what Lhotun wanted. My legend as a pirate starts in my old home. He thought it appropriate. With their hold filled with loot and weapons, the pirates sailed westward. "We need to unload this cargo." Shav stated. "I have contacts near Solitude that we can sell to." Meanwhile, the crossbow and armor stolen were given to the sailors to arm themselves better for the next time. "We'll also need to get new recruits, we lost a few in that fight and some I fear won't last their injuries." Deros said. "Juunei..." Lhotun asked. "The Argonian is though. He was lucky that chest wound wasn't too deep. I've done the best I can but I'm no healer. He will need time to recover. One of our sailors was hit with an arrow that I cannot remove without killing him. So it would be best to put him out of his misery." Deros said. "The other Argonian is heavily injured, he might still make it but I'm not sure." Lhotun sighed. "We do need a healer then. Or else every fight will cost us dearly." Shav nodded in agreement. "It will be tough to find one that will want to join us, but I'm sure we'll manage to do it."