A kidnapping... or a capturing?
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- Dwarf clearly familiar with the Peltarch jail cells deliberately makes his way down the stairs but takes care to stick to the shadows.
He glances to the cells to see if what he was told is true. Spotting the faces that go with the names he was given, he frowns. Quickly he smiles to the guard, pats him on his shoulder and gives him a few coins for his trouble.
Leaning heavily on the wood staff, he makes his way up the stairs, heading to seek out an old familiar face.
The deliberate sound of the wood staff hitting the stone steps resounds like a hammer on the anvil until he is gone. *
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Jeremy walks into the camp and proclaims loudly.
On 'ehalf o' all the non-Order o' the Shield whate'er folk in the Peltarch army, please accept our forgiveness on this whole thing on takin' all ye soldiers away for no good damn reasons aye? -We- are most certainly ain't common bandits hidin' behind our gods.
He smirks and walks off back up North.
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Aelthas nods slightly as the people leave and goes to find Dwin to talk about the Romani who are in the camp, seeing as he is the commander of the camp now.
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_The chancellor, having no ability to deal justice in his own camp which he sees as now controlled by peltarch forces, begins to escort what townsfolk he can to the safety of other nearby towns day by day for their own safety. As people collect their things, the Chancellor, Edmund and only a handful of volunteers escorts citizens to the gypsy camp, jiyyd and even peltarch if they so choose. The camp grows smaller day by day until only militia and their healers remain.
The camp is no longer a refugee camp, it is now a war camp.
The chancellor officially hands over control of the camp to his ranking officer Dwin._
With the lands of Norwick lost and her people now safe in their new homes, my duties as Chancellor of Norwick are done.
When Norwick is retaken, if the people will it, I would be honored to take up the position of chancellor once again.
Lucidious Corvance takes his leave of the war camp. The war is now in the hands of his commanders and those with the decency to offer their aid in retaking the town.
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@ee8aa130df=Rolav:
a small rumor seems to find its way to the ears of a few people around sams hill… "note the bard's connections to peltarch and the legion, peltarch's forceably taken a defender at a critical time, and the legion has had its problems with norwick... smells a tad suspect eh?"
They want the bugbears to take the pass and flank Jiyyd, leaving them cut off and isolated from help. It makes perfect sense!
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Passing through on his way to the Jiyyd defenses, Will hears the latest and chuckles.
"Actually, it doesn't matter at all whether or not she broke a law. She was beaten down and kidnapped beause she was accused _of having broken a law, and didn't immediately tell the bugbears to hold on and stop attacking while she went to Pelt to prove her innocence."
"Anyone can make an accusation."
"…and since failure to immediately appear is treated as an admission of guilt by Pelt, the accusation doesn't even have to be true. There wasn't a trial, so no one will ever know whether she actually broke a law or not."
"So - no, it doesn't matter whether or not she broke a law. Only that someone accused her of having done so."_
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Lilly grunts, "you know, if you want folks to quit gossipping you should probably stop antagonizing them. You folks know damned well the courts aren't a place the common folks gossip ever had an effect on. So how about we focus on what the common folks have a great effect on, putting down some goblinkin."
The pink haired bardess shakes her head, scimitar loose in its scabbard.
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Zyphlin laughs when he heards the rumor
It'd be wonderful that if random people making rumors ever actually knew facts. You know, facts like that I've not been involved with the Legion for a large number of years now…the fact that peltarch has also given more soilders then they've taken from the front lines almost 20 to one...the fact said some such soilders have died in the endevour. But facts are useless things. My hats off to whoever started such a wonderous rumor; you do an honor to the dead soilders that have came from the north with such lucidcrous conspiracy theories.
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a small rumor seems to find its way to the ears of a few people around sams hill… "note the bard's connections to peltarch and the legion, peltarch's forceably taken a defender at a critical time, and the legion has had its problems with norwick... smells a tad suspect eh?"
whos the starter of such a rumor, hard to say amongst the many defenders and refugees.
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Dentin walking trough the camp approaches Zyphlin..
"You seem to know everything about what is happening.. just who is the man, or woman, that was supposedly tortured and killed anyhow?"
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What in the hells are you talking about? Yes, In peltarch's jstuice it DOES matter that she broke a law. That is actually, the root cause of WHY she was wanted for arrest in the first place. Understand how that corrolation works…break a law, become wanted for arrest. I know it may be a bit advanced for you.
What was fleeing from justice...was her, well, fleeing from justice. She was informed of her charges, offered a peaceful chance to return to Peltarch, and she fled. She then used her political connections to continue to evade justice instead of simply going up and getting the situation expedited. People are complaining its taking so long...ever thought that maybe, JUST maybe, that its taking forever because those that are charged are resisting and making the problem more severe and causing more paper work? No, that can't possibly be it. Peltarch evil, banite know all bout justice, me stupid. ::Rolls his eyes::
Look, I can spout wild accusation as well. Every banite in this land fornicates with toads on a thrice weekly basis. Wow, someone made a wild claim, it must be true!
I'm going to ask you, how many people have been ripped from the defense here? Second, how many people not wanted by Peltarch and who have not been told of their accusation and who were not tried to be retrieved through diplomatic means been ripped from the defense? I'll help enlighten you, it begins with a Z, and ends with an ero. Take a moment to figure it out, we'll wait.
I must say however, I do find one delightful bit of irony in all of this. People complain about how "unjust" Peltarch is. How they're "bandits" not caring about the defense of Norwick as they indescrimitately rip people off the battle front. But yet…strangely...its the usual suspects doing it. The same jaded, bitter, pointless voices that have trotted this tripe since even before the war. And they take the chance now to just continue their little crusade, thier own little chosen purpose, at the expense of the very DEFENSE that they're complaining about.
Look around at Jiyyd and Norwick. Note those people in the green armor; I promise you, they are not Kobolds. They are Peltarch Defenders. The army of Peltarch, sent down here, to help you all. And while they are trying to fight at the side of the people here actually BRAVELY defending this place, you have people continuing their own little private crusades to undermine such help and try to not take ONE person away from the battle front but the aid of an ENTIRE CITY.
But yes, Peltarch is the evil one that has a cold heart and cares nothing for those in this battle. You disgust me; just becasue you use your tongue instead of the sword to try to further your faith doesn't make you any less vile then the rest of the clergy in this land you directly follow and align yourself with.
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Mord listens to the innefectual chatter as he moves around the camp and defenses. He says nothing of the arrest and brutal beating of the helpless Private Corana. At times he seems ammused at all the words being bandied about but is rarely still long enough to pay them much heed.
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"Apparently for Peltarch's justice it did not matter if she broke a law. What she did was fighting in the defense of Norwick. And that was considered fleeing from justice. Apparently each and every defender here might potentially be found guitly of fleeing from justice and thus, in Peltarch, convicted without trial to any kind of sentence."
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@5663fe3115=Etherian:
Some may wonder if the city is apologetic for breaking said law, and obtaining a norwick millitia woman illegally, why they were not returned.
"Err.. wasn't there a big stink over who was placing bounties on whom just a few years ago? And that was just paper not even action! Hells this time they came and actually took one of ours and she didn't even have bounties on their heads! Doesn't that make the city whatcha call it? An accomplice?"
eyes the stranger a bit before spouting… Yuh break a law... yuh pay the price... simple as tha'. Don' matter where yuh go 'idin'... 'ide better next time. Norwick in the past sure as 'ell saught out fugitives as well... as 'as Jiyyd... An' so as the camp... Juss cause yuh walk away from a prollem don' mean it don' follow yuh feller... turns resuming her watch over Sam's hill annoyed with the antics as well...
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Some may wonder if the city is apologetic for breaking said law, and obtaining a norwick millitia woman illegally, why they were not returned.
"Err.. wasn't there a big stink over who was placing bounties on whom just a few years ago? And that was just paper not even action! Hells this time they came and actually took one of ours and she didn't even have bounties on their heads! Doesn't that make the city whatcha call it? An accomplice?"
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When asked about the affair with the lizard, any of the Defenders are quick to point out that Steelfin not being in jail, but on the Norwick frontline, was Dwin's decision, not Pelt's.
Steelfin had returned to face the full extent of Norwick's law.
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People may wonder why the Peltarch justice system that prides itself on no trades or lessening of punishment, written punishment for a written crime without change is suddenly doing the one thing they do not allow, trading soliders after performing a crime as if it is to lessen it.
The events with the lizards of late may be remembered specifically where an elf was eaten after being willingly turned over to the monsters, as well as a certain assassination attempt by one in the service of Peltarch, after their request for a prisoner was refused,upon the legion barracks that was of course later decried by the Peltarch establishment, or some other times were people were blatantly threatened with death or worse on foreign soil often times outside the birdbath of Jiyyd when it was around.
Still the soliders are needed and the situation is dire, and the south seems to need everyman it can get right now, and that is undoubtedly on the minds of all as well.
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_Passing through on his way to the Gypsy Camp to replenish his potion stocks, Will hears the latest and shakes his head.
"You realize that nothing's changed, right? That there are still people "wanted" by Pelt, who, if they show up to defend the line here, will be beaten down and dragged off to Pelt - just like Corana was?"
"I've no problem with that, if Pelt is claiming the crossroads as its own territory. Of course, if it is, the rest of us can pick up and leave it to them to defend. Last I checked though, Pelt's territorial claims ended a ways north of here - and that makes those attacking people here to enforce Pelt justice, bandits - nothing more."
"This won't be over until Pelt changes that practice - because as others have pointed out, all that is required to make someone a fugitive as far as Pelt is concerned, is for an accusation to be leveled in Pelt when they are not present. At that point, no trial is required, and so no proof of guilt is required either."_
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Dwin and mark Kelben are seen speaking more and more often, pointing at certain defenses or discussing trrop locations. THough from entirely different backgrounds, the two seemed to hit it off quickly, neither having the time nor patience for the ego-building issues of arrests and loudmouth antics.
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@edcdaa6e8a=Zyphlin:
A man in blue appears near the green and black clad man, sitting on a ledge clapping slowly
Fine words from a Banite. Filled with lies, half-truths, twisted self interest, and the other stalwarts of your kind. Bravo, bravo, I'm sure if they create a Tyrant Lord handbook they will be wise to consult you.
Lily grins wholeheartedly atop Sam's hill near Zyph as he counters the man's attempts so quickly. The situation resolving and peatering out, Lily resumes watch over the hill helping those she can stoking the flames of a rather defiant fire.
