<table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/86/AllorynSmall.jpg)</td><td><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 1.45em;"><strong>Alloryn</strong></span><br/><hr/><br/>A small cloaked and hooded figure emerged from the nearby forest, within easy viewing distance of the edge of the town. Nothing above the chest was discernible due to the cloak and hood, but further down things became more obvious. Tight grey leather breeches covered slender and feminine legs, a thick belt upon which rested a similarly black leather scabbard, in which rested a longsword.<br/><br/>On reaching the edge of the town, a mere moment after the figure had emerged from the wood, the figure stopped and leaned over towards a man already hard at work repairing the base of a wall of what appeared to be a small clay cottage. The man looked up in surprise, then registered shock when he saw the figure's face. He stuttered, a moment, then just pointed out the guard post there near the edge of the town.<br/><br/>Heading to the guard tower, the cloaked figure sighed aloud. She didn't have to do this, but felt the need to assure the locals that she was not an enemy.<br/><hr/>Inside the guard tower, the cloaked figure glanced about her, spying an armored man sitting behind a wood table, a hand axe resting on the table to a side, various scrolls and parchments arrayed over the tabletop as if it were a desk.<br/><br/>She noted a man coming down stairs to the side, and glanced over to see whom it was.<br/><br/>The knight's crest upon his tunic told her that he was whom she was here to speak with.<br/><br/>Turning to him, she drew back her cloak and hood, exposing her longblade to open view, and revealing that she was a woman. And with her silver hair pulled back in a long ponytail that just barely missed brushing the floor beneath her, long pointed elven ears were left exposed.<br/><br/>Smiling faintly, she spoke in a soft, heavily-accented voice in the local common language, "Good Sir, may I have a word with ye? Preferably in private?"</td></tr></tbody></table>