Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150127181142/@comment-10906938-20150130041405

Shornhelm wouldn't shrink from justifying a conquest with this. An agent of Amaury's was there as the 12 were executed. Many drank up all the BS the government was spinning, how the men were found burning and raping innocents. Many in the countryside, especially those with cnnections to the village, had doubts.

Nevertheless, the company dispatched returned with fire in their eyes. The also had some loot from the cave, though not enough to make a difference as far as the King's treasury went. Most was divided up as a bonus, and some was used to soldierize the waves of enlisting men.

The Lord Commander was all in a tizzy with preparations. The Northpoint army was assembled and all of the citizens were evacuated to the city, as well as everything that wasn't nailed down. Crops were harvested early, and fishermen hit the shores in force for a few last nets. The city hunkered down for a seige. They had no reason to take up the sword and attack.