<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/Px2j01Z.jpg)</div>KATE | UC ROGUE | L1<br/>HP: 11 | AC: 17 | Active Perception: 5<br/>Character Sheet (https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/3/3d/Kate_ranger.pdf)<br/><hr/>From the moment of their arrival, Kate seems in no urgent rush to disembark, since a cursory scan of the area from their elevated position seems like an opportunity she is not likely to have again.  During the approach and landing, she makes a quiet shadow of the pilot and navigator, studying any maps and told they have with which to orient herself.  She tries to memorize the landscape as best she can, making notes and sketches when possible, using the sun and landmarks as references. Rather than push them for more information, or menace them to share their unique vantage point, she tries to stay unobtrusive and accommodating, polite and charming... Ply with promises of ale, back rubs, perhaps more if it gets her reliable Intel.<br/><br/>But when the gravity of the situation on the ground is revealed, she watches quietly, she waits, and she listens.  Making mental note of the details, she begins to assume the worst and plan accordingly. The others are reacting sensibly, and she can't help but feel a sense of reassurance.  Their numbers are few, but they're thinkers.<br/><br/>When they pause, she takes the moment to interject her question. "Did they specify the amount of the ransom?". She pauses before continuing, "Because we may want to pay it, and try to recover it when your wife is safe.  Her name, by the way?"<br/><br/>She takes a step closer to the others.  "While the fort makes an ideal ambush, we may have to find where they're hiding out, after, which means following them."