RC Euro: The Service is Terrible

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Sarathien sits waiting outside Ugo's store, basking in the noon sunlight. It feels good just to sit and relax for a while, enjoying the simple pleasures nature provides.

As the others come out of the shop, Sarathien jumps up, stretches his arms and puts on a wide smile.

"Friends, I have an idea I would like to share with you. It is my intention, should you like the idea, to present it to Jygil and get some help with its implementation. But please, let us keep moving to avoid anyone overhearing."


"So this is what I have been thinking: This story about the dhaerow and Raising the Dark has me really worried, and I suppose you too. We all know the drow are terrible foes and I believe we must stop them at all costs.
But we are lacking information, all we have to go on is a map and the name of a lesser contact, and we need more.

Now it just happens that we may have a tool to possibly gain some more clues. I am thinking about the two hobgoblins that we left with Jygil's guardsmen. They clearly know something about this, though I think not as much as we would want them to. Even if we could get them to tell everything they know, it may not be enough.

So here is my idea: What if we "allow" the hobgoblins to escape? We could arrange it so the guards pretend to try and kill them, while in fact they only strike them unconcious. We could dump the "carcasses" outside the city limits, then wait for the pair to revive and follow them when they head off.
Two hobgoblins in such a sorry state as those two should not be able to harm anyone, and we can keep an eye on them from a distance to make absolutely sure. Hopefully they will lead us to someone or someplace that will allow us some more insight to this whole matter.

So what say you melloneamin, do you like what you hear me say, is this a course you think we should pursue?"

Sarathien suddenly stops walking and looks around at his friends expectantly.

 

Garacaius looks at Sarathien with an interested look: "Yes, that might be possible, though one thing troubles me. In the document it stated that they captured the hobgoblins in the wilderness. Personally I don't think they know anything at all, except being confused and probably stunned all the way to their cells. They're probably just someone brought in to be killed with no knowledge of what is going on, though a questioning would reveal this, true."

 

"Well, they did hint that they know something. They tried to threaten me and Milla that we would be sorry when the 'ebony skins raise the dark'. I know it is a long shot, but right now it is the best we have to go on"

 

continued under: The Nun's Tale