<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/98/9b/80/989b802fc7d36ab6eb434cca729b5bd2.jpg)</div>Ares had a rough landing face first in the dirt. “Oomph.”<br/><br/>“And stay out! We don’t want to see your ugly face again,” Bate Griffon, acolyte of the temple, snarled, as he slammed the doors shut behind him.<br/><br/>The war cleric of Tempus put his hands besides his head and looked up, while spitting out the mud that had entered his mouth.<br/><br/><em>Bloody hell. That guy was a lot tougher than the last one I had to deal with.</em>Ares got up and dusted himself off.<br/><br/><em>I suppose that’s what I get for declaring Tempus to be the only true god in the middle of a congregation. Damn, I should have waited a minute. They were about to pass the cup of wine around to celebrate their latest convert. I should have kept my mouth shut, at least until the cup was handed to me and I could have drank it all.</em><br/><br/>Ares sighed.<em>Ah well. At least I did my duty for the day.</em><br/><br/>The man took a turn to his right and headed home. On his way back he took notice of the parchment and the potential rewards it could give.<br/><br/>He entered his house after a short walk and plumped his ass down on a chair.<br/><br/>“Selise, I got kicked out of church again,” he grunted. “One day, they’re gonna listen to me, though. I’m telling ya, Tempus is the only true god they should be concerned about to follow. Be a dear and pass me a beer, alright? Your old man could use one.”<br/><br/>Ares sighed while thoughts of that reward ran through his head. He was down to thirty gold coins after not working for the past three years and it wouldn’t be long until he had to pick up a job or do something of meaning.<br/><br/>“I came across an interesting parchment today,” the war cleric said. “Snow Rangers have gone missing and they suspect that the bandit ‘Grey Eyes’ is behind it. The potential reward is over a thousand gold pieces. I was thinking, maybe we should pull a group together and go after him. With our share of the cut, we’ll be able to last for quite a while. Do you have any friends who might be interested in this? I’m thinking of asking Leofwine at the very least. I’m guessing he could be interested in going after Grey Eyes.”<br/>