Salad Days-Part 2

Greg, Roger and I got together for actually the first time as a group in October, between vacations, appointments and family obligations.  After some obligatory catching up especially to determine a calendar of events for November, we dipped our feet in the titled scenario.

 As mentioned in the last post, Locating the environs. the map of the area represents an out of the way area that happens to coincide with the borders of four countries. The two countries involved with sending columns to investigate rumors, by messages agreed to meet and form a single column to explore the area.

 The Daharan contingent, mostly drawn an infantry unit  was commanded by a Sister of the Order named Agnes while the S'Gottland forces included some guerilla cavalry and guerilla infantry commanded by  Major Jeronimo Merino .

The columns met at the North Farm in S'Gottland's border area. After talking with the local farmer, the lack of suspicious signs were believed to be due to the pious local inhabitants. Farmer Alonzo said that farther north, across the river, things were 'different' as some of the old ways were followed...especially at harvest. The Daharan Sister took the statements as a sign to continue north, crossing the river into Orbajosa's territory.  Citing that heresy knows no boundaries, the formidable Sister got the S'Gottland commander to agree to search across the river.

When the last of the column left, the relieved farmer instructed his son to go quietly to the nearby forest to alert the crones of the expedition, "they'll know what to do." said Alonzo. 

 

 

  Is this the man you are looking for?

 Across the river, a mounted figure pondered the noise and torches at the river. Who besides himself would be crossing a river at night? A few seeds fell from his hand to the ground as an uncanny sound came from under his cowl  to be lost on the night wind.

The crones.