<span class="bbc_u"><em>Aryth 15, 996 YK</em></span><br/><br/>Morning comes sooner than you feel it should. True to the Leveton's prediction, the bandits arrive within an hour of first light. There are four of them, all men, led by a man with a bow in the old and ill-kept guard of Cyran scout. Any regalia that once adorned it has longs since worn off.<br/><br/>"Where's your wife," taunts one of the men, "I was hoping she'd finally see that you were a lost cause and join up with us. Your balls are as dead as your nation's 'soldiers.'<br/><br/>"She's staying inside today," retorts Oleg. "I figured that she gets enough abuse listening your your foul tongues, she might as well not have to looks at your ugly mugs too."<br/><br/>Indeed, the two had quarrelled the previous night about where Svetlana should be during the ambush.<br/><br/>"My Blood is strong," shout Svetlana, "and they will be suspicious if I'm not there with you!"<br/><br/>"Don't you dare turn this into a theological debate!" countered her husband, "You'll stay inside where its safe. I'm losing livelyhood to these assholes, I'm not losing you too!"<br/><br/>The debate had continued late into the night, but eventually Svetlana relented.<br/><br/>In the present, the bandit prepares to strike Oleg, but is stopped by his commander. "Don't waste your energy on him. Although I must say, this haul is considerable lower than the last two. You better not be holding out on us Karrn. We may just have to not give you wife a choice in where she gets to go. I'm sure that Kressle wouldn't mind a threesome with her... Although I suspect Svetlana will. Have more for us next time!"<br/><br/>Oleg just stands there, fuming in helpless rage.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">map</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5a/Screen_Shot_2014-10-03_at_12.04.54_PM.png)</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OCC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Anyone may act.</div></div>