Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20160225002526/@comment-25418438-20160613144245

The King was still resting on his stone throne in the mid-morning sunlight when Damo and Rodwell both entered their fathers presence.

"Father." Rodwell began.

"Stop... can't you see i'm resting before this Castle gets bombarded with trebuchets and catapaults  alike and we likely end up not sleeping for weeks. Whatever you have to say, say it bluntly, I do not have a care for time wasting etiquette this morning."

Damo smirked "A warlord from Wayrest is here to see you, he has men."

Emeric sighed "Fetch Tiberius and send him and this man to me here, better bring Vos to."

A few moments later his bodyguard and General appeared and stood beside the throne on the balcony as the middle aged warlord in blue and white clothed chainmail armor was led in. The warlord went to bow but the King signalled for him to rise before he'd even moved.

"I'll be honest with you, I haven't got time for niceties on such a quiet and peaceful morning so whatever you have come to say, spit it out." The King impatiently said.

"I've come to offer you the services of my organization, twenty-nine men each one a hardened fighter willing to obey every command given by yourself."

"And what do you want in return Mr...?"

"Howell, Traven Howell. My men and I operated in Wayrest, King Marcel let us go on about our work importing skooma and other contraband at the port under the unspoken conditions that we not cause trouble in the city. However a few of the guards we had on the payroll informed us that the old fucker was no longer willing to continue our arrangement and our warehouse was burnt to the ground by the guard."

"So you come here seeking what? A new base perhaps. Well you're insane if you think i'll allow such practices to occur in my city especially this early in my reign."

"With all due respect to this city your majesty, we don't want to operate here. We want White Haven."

"White Haven?"

"Yes your majesty, White Haven is a port village and as a result is naturally more functional for smuggling and piracy than Shornhelm."

"I can't offer you White Haven it is already ruled by another noble family."

"Don't worry, we can take the fucking village and kill the Lord if he causes us grief, we just need you to not intervene when we take control, and we will provide you a generous cut of our profits, say 25%."

"Make it 30% and you have a deal. Although you may want to re-consider killing White Haven's lord."

"Fuck em, i'll kill him, take his bride as my whore, and then get about replacing the heir I lost to fucking orcs."

"Very well, how soon can your men get here?"

"We rode hard from the docks at Camlorn and my men are waiting at the west gate."

"Well bring them in the city and associate them with my General, Tiberius Lux. They follow his orders now."