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The missive reached the party of Initiates as they were returning to the Academy from a different mission in the area. The courier approached the group of them on the road, flanked by a small detachment of Guardsmen heavy cavalry no less. Whatever business he carried with him, it was serious to warrant such an escort.
"Are you lot Initiates from the Academy?" the courier asked tersely.
Caeso, at the head of the party, glanced back at his fellows and then to the courier.
"Yes, we are—"
"Identify yourself."
Caeso was taken aback by the courier's tone as much as he was made indignant by it. Yet he answered all the same, "Initiate Caeso Diemut."
The courier glanced to one of the heavy cavalrymen, and the cavalryman nodded. The courier rode up to Caeso and handed him the missive. "Orders, from Major Gottfried of the Army of the East—you all were the closest Dreadlords in this region, so you'll be responding first. Word has already been sent to your Proctors at the Academy concerning this reassignment."
And, as the courier was turning his horse around, he said almost as an afterthought, "The Major wished you 'good luck.'"
With that, the courier and his escort departed at a blinding gallop, heading wherever else this apparently pressing and dire business demanded of them. Caeso watched them go, a touch baffled and a touch apprehensive about it all.
He turned to face his fellow Initiates. Peeled open the missive. And then he read it aloud for all to hear:
"Initiates,
Close to your vicinity lies Ganfarred Keep. The unit of Homeguard stationed there has suddenly stopped correspondence, and locals in the area reported black smoke in the Keep's area. You are to investigate the Keep and ascertain what has happened. If peril is still present, use your discretion to handle the situation: reinforcements are on the way.
—Major Gottfried, Homeguard."
"Are you lot Initiates from the Academy?" the courier asked tersely.
Caeso, at the head of the party, glanced back at his fellows and then to the courier.
"Yes, we are—"
"Identify yourself."
Caeso was taken aback by the courier's tone as much as he was made indignant by it. Yet he answered all the same, "Initiate Caeso Diemut."
The courier glanced to one of the heavy cavalrymen, and the cavalryman nodded. The courier rode up to Caeso and handed him the missive. "Orders, from Major Gottfried of the Army of the East—you all were the closest Dreadlords in this region, so you'll be responding first. Word has already been sent to your Proctors at the Academy concerning this reassignment."
And, as the courier was turning his horse around, he said almost as an afterthought, "The Major wished you 'good luck.'"
With that, the courier and his escort departed at a blinding gallop, heading wherever else this apparently pressing and dire business demanded of them. Caeso watched them go, a touch baffled and a touch apprehensive about it all.
He turned to face his fellow Initiates. Peeled open the missive. And then he read it aloud for all to hear:
"Initiates,
Close to your vicinity lies Ganfarred Keep. The unit of Homeguard stationed there has suddenly stopped correspondence, and locals in the area reported black smoke in the Keep's area. You are to investigate the Keep and ascertain what has happened. If peril is still present, use your discretion to handle the situation: reinforcements are on the way.
—Major Gottfried, Homeguard."