- GM’s note: Grant and Ethan reach the village of Tyland Mills.
- A weary group consisting of Grant, Tellurian, Ethan and Gareth heads towards Tyland Mills. Ethan is having to help Gareth – he still has a crossbow bolt in his chest and is having trouble breathing.
- They stagger into town. A few farmers look at them curiously, and then help is sought when they realise that a healer is needed. Marius the Black is sent for and the four travellers are helped into the Good Omen Inn.
- The Good Omen Inn is run by three sisters – Sylvia, Irina and Nadia. The mayor, a halfling named Prigg, turns up to see what is going on. Marius the Black, a swarthy dwarf, arrives and looks over Gareth. He thinks that he can save him – they help him into an upstairs bed and Marius prepares to extract the bolt.
* Prigg (Left), Marius the Black (Right). Images sourced from Google Images
- Ethan looks exhausted. Tellurian looks very tired. It is Grant who explains to Prigg what has happened, and that the Sheriff has been killed. Prigg is shocked. The old Sheriff died a few months ago and they had asked for a replacement to be sent from Varesia. Nadia cooks some food for them and Irina makes sure that they are looked after. Tellurian staggers upstairs to bed. Marius looks over Ethan’s injuries and remarks that he’s lucky to be alive. Ethan has to be helped upstairs.
- Grant spends time explaining to Prigg all that he has seen. He strikes Prigg as a responsible sort of character so Prigg asks if he would consider taking a job as Sheriff. It pays twenty-five silver pieces a week. The Mill Lady (the Lady of these lands) is currently away but if Grant is interested, Prigg is happy to suggest it to her. Grant says that he needs to think about it.
- While the others sleep, Grant looks around town, trying to get a better appreciation of the place. It is a small town. The fortification of Tyland Mill is about a mile away from the township itself. That evening, Ethan is feeling better. He is still banged up but he is healing fast. He joins Grant for dinner and the two of them talk about Prigg’s offer. Grant is tempted to accept it, but he’s not sure whether Ethan would be better placed to accept. If Ethan accepts, then Grant would potentially have more freedom of movement to investigate what is going on here.
- The next morning Tellurian and Gareth join them for breakfast. Gareth looks pale but he is hungry. Grant shares that he is considering becoming Sheriff and he wonders if the others could be persuaded to serve as deputies. Grant would like Tellurian to investigate what was discovered in the river caverns, and Gareth seems pretty handy in a fight. Gareth looks wary about this offer – Grant gets the impression that he may be a wanted man.
- It will be another three weeks before the next carriage comes through to take whoever wants to go to Old Oak. In the meantime, accepting would give them a job and some income. The others agree to this, although Grant observes a certain reluctance in Gareth.
- Prigg stops by to see if Grant has made up his mind and is pleased when Grant says that he’ll accept the job, at least temporarily until they can request a replacement Sheriff from Varesia. Prigg offers to walk them over to the Old Tower that Olo maintains for the Sheriff.
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