The journey out is tense, if only for the air between Coupe and Reed — that of an argument left unvoiced.
When they do break camp, it's some distance from town. Wren's brusque, but calm about the business of assigning roles. She'll stay back to finish setup.
Life in the Marches is hard; harder outside a city. A self-declared duke holds this stretch of land through a combination of force and some shrewd ass-kissing of distant Hambleton.
Still, the town of Damp is prosperous enough. Many of the roofs here are at least partially timbered, and stone walls are not infrequent. There's been care put into this place, and some peace with which to maintain it: boards are laid into the dirt for muddy walkways, the gardens are well-tended. There are no sisters and no Chantry — though a board posted outside one home advertises both beer and services.
Not unusual for a settlement of this size.
Armed strangers are met with suspicion (and pitchforks leaned prominently into view); less so, when they prove to have money or else to offer.
arrival; gathering information
The journey out is tense, if only for the air between Coupe and Reed — that of an argument left unvoiced.
When they do break camp, it's some distance from town. Wren's brusque, but calm about the business of assigning roles. She'll stay back to finish setup.
Life in the Marches is hard; harder outside a city. A self-declared duke holds this stretch of land through a combination of force and some shrewd ass-kissing of distant Hambleton.
Still, the town of Damp is prosperous enough. Many of the roofs here are at least partially timbered, and stone walls are not infrequent. There's been care put into this place, and some peace with which to maintain it: boards are laid into the dirt for muddy walkways, the gardens are well-tended. There are no sisters and no Chantry — though a board posted outside one home advertises both beer and services.
Not unusual for a settlement of this size.
Armed strangers are met with suspicion (and pitchforks leaned prominently into view); less so, when they prove to have money or else to offer.