Dianne
**The Sable Brotherhood's Hideout**

The whole hideout could be described as a subterranean hot spring. The geotermically heated groundwater flooded many of the tunnels and caves creating many small waterfalls as it made it's way from one side of the hideout to the other.

Such noise was able to hide Sir Bryan and Vaugh, who were now running over an underground landscape of steamy ponds and moss covered stones.

Alas, it wasn't long until they were spotted. For while the caves were noisy, they weren't exactly narrow: big, long, flat caves, made the vast majority of the hideout.

"The prisioners! They're escaping!" A brunette girl shouted the alarm, drawing an arrow from her quiver and preparing to fire at the young knight and his squire.

Not everyone heard her cry however, as the noise of running water drowned her scream to all save for half a dozen of bandits, who rushed to her aid with swords, clubs, shields and spears in hand.

They ran across the springs, splashing water all around them as they closed in on Bryan and Vaughn, just as the girl began to unleash her arrows on them.
Ralph
Sir Bryan Verandus, SB Hideout

The fellow knight kept on sprinting toward their exit, which is just right in front of him. They were in a river stream or sort, from his view but he couldn't kept up with it. Just as he turned back to gave a quick look at his friend, the first thing he saw was an tip of a arrow just went pass by him narrowly. Barely, almost barely hit him. That must've scared some life out of his heart. 

Not turning back anymore, Bryan only had one common thing in his mind. **Run.** That's what he thought. His first priority of all, that is. "Run!" He shouted, as he kept on going. Jumping even, as the water splashes following it. He had his sword drawn firmly in his right hand, ready to fight back just in case.

They were soon reaching the end of it, and soon into the exit. Into the fray where their escape lies before them.
Dianne
Cave Hideout

One of the bandits tackled him in an attempt to stop him, making both of them fall into the shallow waters of the hot spring.
The brigand lost his axe in the chaos of the fall, so he attempted to stab Bryan with a rusty knife instead.
Ralph
Sir Bryan Verandus, SB Hideout entrance

As the fellow knight ran, he tried to dodge one of the bandits move at him as he tackles him. He failed, and dropped onto the shallow waters of the hot spring. But he held onto the grip of his longsword tightly.

He was wet now, water soaked his attire as he gets up on his feet. Of course, he was met by a fierceful but reckless opponent for sure. With a thrusting stab toward him, Bryan quickly step aside, his leg run loosely as he narrowly dodge it. Following it was a quick slash to the back of the bandit with a single swipe from his longsword before continuing move on forward where he started.
Dianne
Cave Hideout

The man screamed as his blood dyed the water red. But his sacrifice had, unfortunately, not been in vain. Two of the remaining five brigands had managed to catch up to Bryan, while a third was charging recklessly towards Vaughn. He no doubt wanted to make up for the gap in skill with sheer ferocity.
Ralph
Sir Bryan Verandus, SB Hideout Entrance

The fellow knight easily blocked a blade strike with his own edged steel, then deftly twisted his wrist to send the guard's weapon soaring uselessly across the river stream. The bandit's side was left open for just an instant. Bryan was there, stabbing forward with his right hand. Eight inches of steel pierced the bandit's heart and he fell as Bryan dodged the blow of another bandit, coming upward with a cruel grin on his boyish face. 

Damn, but he was good. His sword was an extension of his arm. The knight turned with military precision, seizing the bandit by the shoulder, and held him there as he ran him through with his sharp and longsword.
Dianne
Cave hideout.

Suddenly, an arrow hit the knight's unarmored shoulder. The archer girl... But how? How could she have managed to aim at Bryan in the midst of the melee?

She hadn't. The bitch had fired with complete disregard for her allies. And as if to prove the point, a second arrow came through, but this time it hit the bandit's body.

He didn't scream, Bryan's blade had killed him in a single stroke.
Ralph
Sir Bryan Verandus, SB Hideout.

A sudden white-hot pain shot through his right shoulder and the grip on his sword loosened. An arrow has protruded from his arm. Furious, the fellow knight grabbed the bolt and yanked it out. A bandit charged him and managed to knock the sword out of his hands, sending it spinning through the air out of reach. 

He paid for it, though. Bryan used the bloody bolt as a weapon himself, stabbing it down into the man's shoulder and kicking him backwards. When the bandit turned, Bryan quickly snatched his blade on the ground and took great satisfaction in seeing its slim shape as he charges in, piercing the guard's heart. 

That was more like it. The blade has thrust into the man chest deeply as the knight pushed him hard toward the wall behind him. Despite the searing pain in his arm, Bryan seized another bandit nearby and, using the man's own blade as a leverage around his neck, before slitting the throat swiftly with it.
Dianne
Cave hideout

The lone remaining bandit and the archer girl decided to flee, leaving the path ahead unobstructed. It wouldn't be long until they came back with reinforcements though...

**Felix Reed - Harronkeep Castle**

Felix saw Lancel stop as soon as Hubert announced he had the prisioner. He turned his horse once again towards the gates on Harronkeep and advanced slowly.

He didn't say anything. He merely waited to see what Hubert was about to do.

"He's going to stay for his friend," Said Felix. "But we don't plan on releasing him, do we?" He asked the old knight.
Aaron
Vaughn, SB Hideout Entrance

As Vaughn saw the two flew a small grimace went across his face. From his point of view the Sable Brotherhood acted like a pack or rats. If you killed a few, then more shall return in their place. As he looked to Bryan he would nod to him before working his way out of the hideout.
Ralph
Sir Bryan Verandus, SB Hideout Entrance

The fellow knight stood firmly, despite the pain he held within his shoulder. The adrenaline punches in, flowing through the veins of his blood. Taking a few deep breath within the surroundings, he followed right behind Vaughn this time, as he led the way for them for now.
Stacey
Hubert took one look at the prisoner, and with one swift motion drew his sword and decapitated him, the head rolled to the floor, a final look of horror on its face, Hubert picked up the head off the floor. And threw it over the wall, the head landed but a few meters from Lancel.

"This is the price all of you will pay!"
Dianne
**Felix Reed - Harronkeep Castle**

Lancel remained in his horse. Long seconds spent staring at Hubert, but Felix felt as if the gaze was piercing him.
He saw Lancel get off his horse and carefuly grabbed Erwan's head, holding it close to his chest, still in complete silence.

After carefully wrapping it in his cape he turned his horse around and and left. The parley flag was left abandoned on the ground.

Was this his fault? Would the negotiations have failed this bad if he only hadn't come out last night? If he had told the truth? Hubert would've known they were not trying to insult him...
...But then it would be his head on the ground instead of Culberth's. There was no choice. This quarrel between Ibbishmen was insignificant in the grander scheme of history, but his life and work were not.

"What now?" He asked Hubert. "They're going to execute Sir Bryan. Why did you do that?"

Sir Bryan... Another thing that was Kiervan's fault.
Stacey
"It isn't your place to question me, negotiating with brigands is beneath me."

Hubert looked at his bloodied sword, and watched Lancel depart.

"Worry not, I am sure he will return to us, in due course."

With that Hubert began walking back to his hall.
Dianne
**Felix Reed - Karronkeep Castle**

"How do you know he will come back here? Shouldn't we be worried that he will escape the county once he kills Sir Bryan, or that he will attack the village in retaliation?"
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**Sable Brotherhood's hideout entrance**

No one was guarding the exit, they all had rushed inside and were looking for the captives in the caves. The cave entrance had a campfire and a pile of weapons where Bryan and Vaughn could recognize their stashed armor. There was however, no sign of their swords. There wasn't also any horses: they all had been taken somewhere else. But for what purpose?
Ralph
Sir Bryan Verandus, SB Hideout Entrance

"Well," Bryan spoke, his right hand holding onto his wound as he looked over at Vaughn. "I guess most of them has left already, its seems." He said, after taking a look around the surroundings. He assumed that most of them had already left for Hubert Castle.

*That means time is running.* That's what he thought first. Bryan grimaced hard. They gotta go now, for sure.

"There." He pointed out, as he recognize his chain mail nearby. Along with a pile of weapons, that is. It's seems that the bandit did take their stuff but didn't use them, from his view.

The knight slowly approaches it. First thing he did was getting his chain mails on, or hauberk on. It should help him to cover his wounds for now. The second thing that Bryan did was taking an quiver of arrows that was part of the piles of weapon following with a wooden bow, that is.

He pulled the string a few times, to see if its in good condition.