and killed all of them; I didn’t think it was right for the dead to go unburied, even criminals. What you saw was me paying my respects.”
“What type of person buries the dead; if you were showing respect for the dead, my Da should have been burned!” The woman said now looking at Xander, sure he was lying.
“We do not burn the dead in Rangel; respects are paid by returning woman to the earth, from which she came” Xander said matter of factly.
The woman thought about what Xander had said. He was dressed differently and talked with an accent she could not place. He said he was from Rangel, making him not part of the same bunch of people who had repeatedly bothered her father looking for the midknightium. Looking pass the strange man she could she what she thought was a human, only with his limbs unattached. If they had meant to kill her, she most likely would have already been dead and if they meant for other things, they wouldn’t have a woman with them and would probably be doing it right now regardless. “I believe what you say.”
“Where are we exactly” Samantha said seeing that of the three she would most likely be the most approachable.
“What kind of a question is that? How do you not know where you are” the woman replied.
“My patience is short woman” Xander began. “I have done nothing to you but tried to help your father and nearly got killed because of it. Answer the damn question.” Xander said as he wanted to leave the area before more men came around looking for their buddies.
“You are close to Briar, home to the Kevon, Duke of Best and southern most point of Thorn, we are but a quarter days walk from Frahse.” The woman answered hurriedly, wondering where the gentleman was that tried to first explain things to her.
“You mentioned something about a shop, what do you sell there?” asked Patrick.
“I am a blacksmith; me and my family were blacksmiths at least. My mother fell ill during our trip into town for medicine; she expired before we reached the healers. My father and brother were forbidden to go and were to stay by order of the Duke to make more weapons and armor for the men guarding the border as well as any mercenaries they hire.”
“Do you have any weapons or armor left, something we could use” asked Patrick thinking about how vulnerable they were if they were to face any sizable force.
“Why would I give you anything of my family?” The woman began, “it is all I have left.”
“Because my friends and I aim to end this war, I will defeat the Duke and his men as well as the Frahsch. I am your only hope of gaining anytime of revenge on those who have wronged you. You are too late to take advantage of these men, the limbless one will live out his days in agony. You can still take it to the Duke though, for not policing his men and Frahse for stirring up trouble in the first place.”
“I am grieving but I am not stupid, how can the three of you accomplish that, even if one of you is a giant. You will be cut down by arrows before long or ran down by horsemen.” The woman said looking around.
“I am the son of Erik the Red and an Enchanter in my own right” Xander said before continuing. “As we speak Rangel is engaged in a fierce war on the Northern border. I aim to defeat the Duke and remove Janus the pretender from the Throne.”
“You mean to take the Throne for yourself” the woman asked still dazed that someone claiming to be Erik’s son was before her.
“I am to be Queen” Samantha said before continuing, “I am the
“What type of person buries the dead; if you were showing respect for the dead, my Da should have been burned!” The woman said now looking at Xander, sure he was lying.
“We do not burn the dead in Rangel; respects are paid by returning woman to the earth, from which she came” Xander said matter of factly.
The woman thought about what Xander had said. He was dressed differently and talked with an accent she could not place. He said he was from Rangel, making him not part of the same bunch of people who had repeatedly bothered her father looking for the midknightium. Looking pass the strange man she could she what she thought was a human, only with his limbs unattached. If they had meant to kill her, she most likely would have already been dead and if they meant for other things, they wouldn’t have a woman with them and would probably be doing it right now regardless. “I believe what you say.”
“Where are we exactly” Samantha said seeing that of the three she would most likely be the most approachable.
“What kind of a question is that? How do you not know where you are” the woman replied.
“My patience is short woman” Xander began. “I have done nothing to you but tried to help your father and nearly got killed because of it. Answer the damn question.” Xander said as he wanted to leave the area before more men came around looking for their buddies.
“You are close to Briar, home to the Kevon, Duke of Best and southern most point of Thorn, we are but a quarter days walk from Frahse.” The woman answered hurriedly, wondering where the gentleman was that tried to first explain things to her.
“You mentioned something about a shop, what do you sell there?” asked Patrick.
“I am a blacksmith; me and my family were blacksmiths at least. My mother fell ill during our trip into town for medicine; she expired before we reached the healers. My father and brother were forbidden to go and were to stay by order of the Duke to make more weapons and armor for the men guarding the border as well as any mercenaries they hire.”
“Do you have any weapons or armor left, something we could use” asked Patrick thinking about how vulnerable they were if they were to face any sizable force.
“Why would I give you anything of my family?” The woman began, “it is all I have left.”
“Because my friends and I aim to end this war, I will defeat the Duke and his men as well as the Frahsch. I am your only hope of gaining anytime of revenge on those who have wronged you. You are too late to take advantage of these men, the limbless one will live out his days in agony. You can still take it to the Duke though, for not policing his men and Frahse for stirring up trouble in the first place.”
“I am grieving but I am not stupid, how can the three of you accomplish that, even if one of you is a giant. You will be cut down by arrows before long or ran down by horsemen.” The woman said looking around.
“I am the son of Erik the Red and an Enchanter in my own right” Xander said before continuing. “As we speak Rangel is engaged in a fierce war on the Northern border. I aim to defeat the Duke and remove Janus the pretender from the Throne.”
“You mean to take the Throne for yourself” the woman asked still dazed that someone claiming to be Erik’s son was before her.
“I am to be Queen” Samantha said before continuing, “I am the
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