<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Chapter 1: Escape From Havenlock Prison</span></span><br/><br/>(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/60/f9/69/60f969f538253f68ec5be1b5846a2568.jpg)</div><br/><hr/><br/><strong>GM's Note:</strong><br/><br/>Welcome to Havenlock Prison, evil doers!  Have a look around.<br/><br/>(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_ipJkQYgFWs/Vqyj6YFHzsI/AAAAAAAAEpc/itz1ehwi9vI/s1600/PZOSQW30033.jpg)<br/><br/>Havenlock Prison adjoins Havenlock Keep, the levy seat of Havenlock, a small frontier town of 2,500 inhabitants.  The prison was constructed 300 years ago to house dangerous criminals from six nearby counties.  For whatever reason,<strong>you have been imprisoned here for 1d6 years,</strong>so you know the routine of the prison.  As you can see, the large holding wing has numerous cells lining the walls.  Men are paired up in the smaller cells, while women are placed in the two large cells.<br/><br/>Here's ten things you should know:<br/><br/>1.<strong>The cells are full.</strong>This is a packed house with no empty beds here.  It's gotten so bad lately that some of the men's cells have are stuffed with three men.<br/><br/>2.<strong>Capital punishment has become arbitrary.</strong>The Warden has recommended harsh punishments for small infractions in order to combat inmate over-population.  As a result, guards kill at least one inmate on a daily basis.<br/><br/>3.<strong>Over-population is a result of an ongoing war between Devon and Ando, two neighboring countries.</strong>Since Havenlock Prison is so close to the border between the two nations, it has seen an influx of foreign prisoners of war and Devonian deserters.  However, deserters seldom make it a day in Havenlock Prison.<br/><br/>4.<strong>The Warden, Rorin Hux, is a cruel man.</strong>He permits the guards to brutalize the inmates and takes pleasure in having a hand in that himself.  As a matter of policy, the Warden is kinder and more lenient to the women, especially if they are comely, but that is only because he treats them as his personal harem.<br/><br/><div align="center">(https://pre00.deviantart.net/5019/th/pre/i/2014/118/6/a/creepy_by_joelharlow-d7gdcwp.jpg)</div><br/>5.<strong>Schedule wise, you spend a lot of time in your cells.</strong>You don't go out of your cells much.  Ever since the war started two months ago, the dining room has functioned as a bivouac and the yard has functioned as a staging ground for the 442nd regiment.<br/><br/>6.<strong>The jail smells disgusting.</strong>It smells like filth.<br/><br/>7.<strong>The jail is never quiet.</strong>Whether it's insolent banter or the woeful moans of an injured inmate, the prison is never quiet.<br/><br/>8.<strong>The last person that was killed was a wizard named Mav.</strong>The guards killed Mav yesterday.  He was dragged out of his prison and bashed over the head with a club.  Even though the blow caved his head in and knocked him unconscious, the guards continued to bash Mav's head until it was just pulp.  No one knows what Mav did.<br/><br/>9.<strong>Cell-to-cell communications strictly forbidden.</strong>Although feasible, guards are quick to shut down communications between neighbors.<br/><br/>10.<strong>The food sucks.</strong>It's barely edible.  You've lost a considerable amount of weight with the Havenlock Prison diet.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><em>The night was like every other night in Havenlock Prison -- long and terrifying.  However, in the morning, as the prisoners awoke, a loud horn sounded in the distance.  This was followed by a horn that sounded closer, and then a third one after that which was closer still.  The horns seemed to unnerve the usually cool guards as they stalked the long hallway.<br/><br/> "Keep them quiet, Mr. Langley," Mr. Goran muttered as he rattled cell bars with his mace.   "I will tolerate no chatter this morning."<br/><br/>Mr Langley, a younger guard, peered into the northern women's cell and took his count.   "Aye, Mr. Goran," the younger guard muttered.   "You heard Mr. Goran, inmates!  No chatter."<br/><br/></em><br/><br/><hr/><br/>I shall provide everyone an opportunity to post an introduction.  In your introduction, tell me what cell you shall be inhabiting.  Some of you will be cell mates!  You have until 8:00 a.m. of the 16th of August to post your introduction.  If you manage to post an introduction by the 16th of August, I will grant an extra skill point.<br/><br/>If you have any questions related to the IC, please ask them in the IC thread.