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Aendell

As they walk he keep his eyes peeled. The man he is carrying whistled to somebody, or something.

Aendell Notice
Zeim rolled d6,d6 and got 6, 2
Aendell Notice - Ace
Zeim rolled d6 and got 5
Total = 11

Catalena

Cat was pretty familiar with the town and where someone might be hidden around a corner, and it certainly wasn't for any experience with having a surreptitious nip or nap to pass a long afternoon's patrol.

Catalena Notice
Vryx rolled d6,d6 and got 6, 4
Catalena Notice, Ace
Vryx rolled d6 and got 4
Notice: 10

[OOC: You guys are cheating, aren't you? Set the die roller to add 6 to any given roll. ]

OOC: Nope not broken... It still hates me: Selaim Notice: Miales rolled 1d6,1d6 and got 2, 1

As the group walks along, Aendell, with a man unconscious over his shoulder, garners more than a few staring looks. Yet once the townspeople notice Cat is also accompanying them, most of the people nod in acceptance that maybe she is doing her job. The heroes of Sandpoint are at it again.

They also notice several faces that they don't recognize, but these faces are merely watching them. They don't approach, nor get closer. Some are people that none of them recognize. Almost all are carrying weapons. Though they did just have a big festival and not all of the travelers have left the town yet. They don't specifically spot any of the four men that had rode into town together.

I'll skip the roll with this many 6 's

[OOC: I apologize for skipping Zak, but that was my thought. What could he see that hadn't already been spotted? ]

(You guessed right!)

Aendell

Without turning his head he says softly so his voice doesn't carry. "I presume you see the armed men all around? By the grocer, the leather shop, in several of the alleys? I know you're good with your blades, Cat, but don't you think this many men is a bit of overkill to arrest you? Something else must be going on."

Catalena

"I agree with you there," Cat smiled. "While I'm worth fighting over, certainly, but not over this trifle. Most of those people are unknown to me."

She took another few steps and added, "My Harrow this morning was The Tangled Briar. I drew that card in a larger reading the morning you and your caravan arrived. The sins of the past affecting the future. Whether you choose to give it credence or not, that foul fellow from Selaim's, Coral's, and Zachergillan's past is now here in Sandpoint."

They continue to be observed, but no one bothers them. They arrive at The Garrison shortly. Several people spot them, and Sheriff Belor steps out. He says nothing but looks at each of them. His eyes travel from Aendell to Cat in that order.

Selaim

As they walked Selaim kept the hood of her cloak over her head and tried to remain in the middle of the group.Doing her best to not bring attention to herself. But she couldn't help but glance about when Aendell mentions the armed men and their locations. She doesn't look closely at them but she does look for any familiar faces from the Thieves Guild.

Selaim Notice (recognize the men mentioned)
Miales rolled 1d6,1d6 and got 4, 3

[OOC: At least a couple of them seem familiar, though that is with a quick glance. She might be wrong, she isn't sure.]

Coral


Coral looked, as ever, her sweet, innocent self, albeit that she is still wearing her weapons form the disappointing 'rat-hunt'.
She watched and listened.

Aendell

"Sherriff", he nods on greeting. "I would like to have this man arrested for assault and attempted murder. He attacked me in the street, unprovoked, with a skulk's blade", he tips his head towards the weapons Zak is carrying. "He also carries what seems to be poison, though I do not know for certain whether the blade was coated in it or not."

Sheriff Belor

"It is not against the law to carry things on your person," he states unequivocally. "Why don't we let him rest in one of our cells, and you tell me all about it." As much as the Sheriff clearly wants to believe Aendell is a hero of Sandpoint, it is clear he is trying to be as unbiased as possible. Maybe it is overcompensation for the discussion that Seliam overheard. Or maybe it is his way. Aendell doesn't know.

Cat knows that not only is it likely an overcompensation, but it is also that the Sheriff detects something off about the story.

Aendell

"Certainly", he says, moving inside and depositing the man in the indicated cell then returning to the outer room. "What would you like to know?" He asks.

Catalena

Catalena directed Aendell down the stairs to where the jail sat below the garrison. She nodded to the giant of a man, heavily scarred, wearing the tribal markings of the Shoanti who rose from a seat near the entrance to the cells.

"One coming in, Vachedi," Cat greeted the man sunnily, what's your count up to, today?

The man's rough face split into a broken-toothed grin. "Four thousand, six hundred, thirty-seven, songbird," the man replied in tribal accent. "Who's this, then, when he's awake?"

"Don't know yet," Cat replied. "Stranger from Magnimar, we think. Brought trouble with him and found worse. Here's his stuff."

She began placing the man's possessions on the thick wooden table. Vachedi had unlocked a locker against the wall. "Sure, sure. Put him in two, that's the one right there," he pointed for Aendell.

"I'll lock that up, that's fine," the Shoanti moved to close the cage door and lock it.

Before departing back up, Cat fished a gold coin out of her purse and flicked it to the jailer. "Four thousand, six hundred, and thirty-eight!" she called, the man's laughs echoing behind her.

On the stairs she held Aendell's elbow to hold him up a moment.

"Here," she said, handing him the warrant that the man possessed. "I think you should tell Hemlock the full story. You made it sound like he just jumped you in the street for no reason."

Aendell

"I intend to, though he kind of did.....", he grins slightly.

The group is brought back upstairs and ushered into the Sheriff's office. They have brought in and set up a few extra chairs so everyone has a place to sit if they want one. He sits on his desk rather than behind it, which might suggest he is trying to be approachable. Though a man in armor, he is still standoffish.

"Please tell me what transpired, and please fill in all the details."

Aendell

He stands next to the Sheriff, his posture giving the air of a man making an official report. "To begin, you should probably know that while I am here to celebrate the opening of the shrine, I am also traveling as an officer of the judiciary of Magnimar and have placed Catalena under arrest. I do not believe she is guilty of the crimes of which she has been accused, and so she is free to act as she chooses, I am merely observing her as I cannot simply make decisions of guilt or innocence based purely upon first feelings." He glances at Catalena knowing how she feels about the whole situation. "As a consequence of that arrest, Catalena also falls under my protection."

He returns his gaze to the Sheriff. "I did not inform you of my intent when we first met as I did not know she was here until we arrived and even then I could not be certain until I spent time alone with her."

He takes a breath. "Leaving the inn after breakfast this morning, Selaim and I noted a group of armed men, including the one in the cell below, ride into town and head to your office. Intrigued, we followed and Selaim overheard their leader say they were here from Magnimar to arrest Catalena." He pauses and glances briefly at Selaim, but since it was not as if the men were trying to be quiet it is easily understood that anyone nearby could have overheard their exchange with the Sheriff.

"Selaim recognized their leader as a member of the Magnimar Thieves Guild, and so both in concern for her safety, and as part of my protection, we determined to warn Catalena and headed off to where Selaim had last seen her, at Risa's Place. Once we arrived, Selaim went inside to find her or at least speak to Risa and I waited out front to watch for these men."

"After a short time, the one downstairs arrived. I told him I did not think he would be welcome inside and asked him his business. He refused to say anything other than threaten me, and he put his hand to his sword threatening me with violence. I held his hand to stop him from drawing steel in the street, and suggested that was not a wise choice and he should remove his hand from his weapon lest he lose it, at which point he struck at me with his skulk knife. I then struck him with my fist in self-defense. At no point did I draw a weapon of my own."

He pauses. "I searched him after he collapsed and found this warrant." He hands it over. "Poorly written, but it has the correct seals. Plus a vial that appears to be poison. And yes, I know you said he is entitled to carry about him whatever he chooses, but in my experience only those who are up to no good carry such things."

He looks at the Sheriff more closely. "While the man may not have known at the time that the person he was trying to arrest had already been arrested and was under my sworn protection, I do not believe I gave cause to be physically attacked with a deadly weapon. I had planned to tell him about that protection had he informed me of his intent, but he chose to escalate things before that could happen."

His military posture softens just slightly as he waits.

Sheriff Belor

He looked at the others to see what they might add.

Coral

She added nothing. She hadn't hadn't been there.

Selaim

"I wasn't outside when it happened. I was inside Risa's when it happened."

"But Aendell has always been brutally honest with me."