Mid morning, 10th Day of Palesun, Wineday.
The
items found on the dead bodies in the Town Hall were divided between the group,
Fargrim took the War Pick, Lionel took the keen edged longsword. Each received
the sum of 121 silver pieces, whilst Gimli counted out an equal amount for the
group fund. It was decided that Lionel would carry the group fund and the 4
healing potions.
Beorwulf
took offence at the Town Clerks stuttering condemnation of the group. After
awhile both Gimli and Fargrim asked Heimund to take the Barbarian outside to
cool off. No sooner had they left the shattered doorway than 4 crossbow bolts
thudded into the door surround, narrowly missing them both.
Hagnulf
ran out to join them. The 3 saw a large group, a very large group, of armed men
advancing toward the front of the Town Hall in battle formation. Two ranks of
spears with a double rank of heavy crossbows on their left flank. Behind they
could see a warrior with a steel helmet, adorned with a Golden Horse head atop, waving a sword and
controlling the formation.
Heimund
let fly 2 arrows at the formation and saw a crossbow man fall to the ground
before following Heimund back into the Town Hall.
Beorwulf, enraged and back in
full frenzy launched himself towards the formation but exhausted from the
earlier fight found he was short of making contact.
Lionel
took up a firing position and engaged the heavy crossbow men and sang words
that inspired Fargrim as he leapt through the window.
Fargrim,
acting on what Heimund told those inside, climbed out the rear window in an
attempt to outflank the formation…….only to find another formed formation advancing
towards the rear of the Town Hall.
Gimli
following saw Fargrim loose arrows into the Redbrands as he ran over to another
building to take cover.
Fargrim and Gimli were engaged in a fighting retreat, trading arrows and bolts with the 2 Redbrand archers and bringing down one of the spearmen.
Heimund
shouted for the group in the Town Hall to retreat covered by the archers.
Hagnulf jumped through the side widow after Heimund, followed a short while
later by Lionel who had dropped another crossbowman. He could see Beorwulf was still
fighting.
Beorwulf,
exhaustion taking its toll swung his great sword twice and watched it strike
the spearman’s shield twice, but his weak strike caused no damage.
Beorwulf
went down under sheer weight of numbers.
Gimli
rushed towards the Town Hall, but he felt compelled to retreat with the others.
He now turned and faced off against the line of spearmen that had charged
towards him.
Heimund
peeled off and ran behind the defensive line shouting at the others that the
time was now to run not stay and fight. First Lionel, then Fargrim and Hagnulf
ran after the Goliath.
Heimund
slowed and faced off an attack by 3 spearmen, closely followed by more. He managed
to disengage and ran past Fargrim and the others, extolling them to keep
running. They did.
Gimli,
surrounded, outnumbered heard the tall figure in the Gold Horse Head helm
tell him to throw down his weapons and surrender, or die. Gimli could only watch
his companions running away as he threw down his hammer and shield.
Heimund
led the others past the Shrine of Luck and towards the Orchard. Through the
orchard he led them down and between two hills and stopped in a small copse by
a stream. The others, panting hard threw themselves down on the ground as
Lionel whispered words of healing and soothed their troubled minds. Fargrim had
a grim look on his face but said nothing.
TBC
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