Dianne
**Felix Reed - Harronkeep Castle**

Everyone stood on edge for long minutes. The soldiers kept their fingers on the bowstrings, ready to draw aim at the first hint of movement.
Hovever, nothing came out of the forest. Bryan had not been followed.

Alas, just when Felix tought he could breath a sigh of relief, something happened...
A single horseman came from the road, not the forest. He was bloodied and battered, and on the verge of collapse. He couldn't reach the walls before he fell down from his horse.

He was too old to be a member of the Sable Brotherhood, and didn't look rough enough to be a brigand. What could he be?

But Felix and the others didn't have to wait long to have their question answered. In the distance, a column of smoke began to rise against the pale sky.

"The village!" Shouted Felix. "They're not attacking the castle! They're attacking the village!"
Ralph
Sir Bryan Verandus, Harronheart Castle

After bandaging his wounds with another layer on it, the fellow knight gathered along the others on the walls. This time, he was fully worn in chain mails around him. With a coif of mails covering his head like a hood, while he also wore metal protectors around his shoulders and his arms. He also held a silver but shining helmet at his side as he hasn't wear it yet.

"What's going on?" He asked, as he saw the mens was looking at something in the distance. Bryan make his ways through the crowd, and see what was going on. At first, he saw something from the distance.

A dark thing moving forward, to be exact. Following with a trail of something behind it with the same color. Second passes, then Bryan realized what it was. A horse, along a man on it. But something fell wrong when it owner fell from its saddles. Then, he saw the trail of smoke rose high up to the skies in the distance. *The village!* He thought, and looked at the others before he turned and walk away.

"Gather the horses!" He ordered, walking down the stairs quickly as he could. "The village's been attacked!" He shouted, and was trying to find a horse nearby the stables. They had to be fast, they had to! The fellow knight thought.
Dianne
**Felix Reed - Harronkeep castle**

As everyone got ready for action, Felix couldn't help but notice that something didn't add up. He went towards Hubert and voiced his concerns.

"Lord Hubert, how could they have assembled a raiding force so fast? Their messengers left no more than an hour ago! Did they know in advance we were going to refuse their offert? If so, how?"
Stacey
Hubert was anxious, he ordered the surrounding troops to guard the gate and man the walls.

"I don't know, nor do I care, they are here now, and we outnumber them, let us rout these bastards!"

Hubert went down to the stables to assemble the cavalry.
Aaron
Vaughn, Harronheart Castle

Vaughn had rallied with the others. His iron double edged short sword was held in its scabbard as his hands felt the cold stone wall. He was in chainmail armor. His eyes focused down into the tree line, lightly scanning for any of the sable brotherhood. To his surprise however, a man fell from his horse in rough shape. As he looked up he was astonished only to see that smoke was coming from the village. He stood fast as Bryan signaled to get the horses. He quickly turned, following him down the stone steps before quickly making his way to the stables. As he arrived he would grab a saddle before heaving himself up onto the horse. As he grabbed the reigns he would wait for Sir Bryan's signal to move out.
Dianne
**Felix Reed - Harronkeep Castle**

As soon as Felix heard Hubert say "We outnumber them" A chill ran down his spine. They were not going to leave with everything they had, were they? There was no way he was going to fight. Who would protect him?

"What about the castle?" He asked. He almost said _'what about me'_, but managed to avoid soundin self-interested at the last moment. "Shouldn't someone stay behind to protect us retainers?"