The bandit leader grimaced a little then kicked up some sand idly as he stared down at his boots in shame, "Aye, well... Ya see the coin is runnin' dry, there's a few rabble that are keepin' the peace for the moment, though y'see I ain't from round 'ere, neither are me boys... We're folk from the next world rimward, Decadent. We came over on a tour of duty, seen some harsh sights and with no coin, the settlement's gonna go dog eat dog. We'd rather have easy pickings whilst there's food to go round than be a part of that place when it goes right proper to 'ell..." he explained. "Anyway, the siege only came at the end. We don't know what brought the monsters to us, 'cept before then was just weird vanishings, like..."<br/><br/>After Yarith spoke to Shadowe, he rubbed his chin with a grin in greed for what treasures could be in a real honest to goodness wizard's tower, had to be worth something good in there at least... "Y'know me, Paladin, if there's coin to be had, I'll be having it!" he beamed. The bandits took the rations and looked out to the horizon, a week in the desert ahead of them. They looked at each other and back to Yarith, the leader nodding a silent thanks with a sigh fighting hope against despair. The leader took one last look to Yarith before they moved on, "Aye, if we happen upon any, we won't share a word. Not like us lot can have much face talkin' bout a pair of off-worlders that took down us three and Wil over there..." he thumbed at the dead bandit with the arrow still between his eyes.<br/><br/>With that, the bandits were off and the trek to the settlement had begun. It wasn't barely half hour on the road when the pair came across a small alcove off the road leading to a cave. There were signs of a camp outside, the fire was out but it looked only recently put-out. It was unknown just how far away the actual village was, though from how the bandits were complaining, it'd be less than a day's walk away, so a few miles at most...<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">If you decide to investigate the cave, roll d6+2 twice.<br/>Post the higher result.<br/><br/>If you decide not to investigate the cave and keep walking to the village, ignore this roll though risk an encounter.</div></div>