Chapter One: A Noble’s Exile – Lysandros’ Story
Chapter One: A Noble’s Exile – Lysandros’ Story
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Lysandros found himself awakened roughly with a kick to his ribs. "Hey, time to get up. ‘His Holiness’ wants us to break camp early." said his companion, Bardas.
Arising from his bedroll, Lysandros could only reflect on how he used to be woken up. It was far more pleasant and on occasion when it was a particularly pleasing servant girl he could always pull them into his bed. It was a drastic change to go from the privilege of birth and rank to this. Indeed, Lysandos had gone from being the son of one of the most respected families in Thena to now the dishonor of being the son of a traitor. They had called it a mercy that he too was not killed for his father’s crimes but had tortured him all the same in forcing him to watch his father’s trial and execution. There were crimes that Lysandros knew his father was innocent of, yet they had hanged his father as a common criminal all the same.
In the time that had passed since his exile, the exiled nobleman had begged the Gods – any that might listen – with pleas for justice and retribution, but to date his pleas had fallen on deaf ears. Lysandros had found himself quickly running out of money and so found himself offering his sword arm in exchange for coin and food. Overall, it was not a bad life and he was allowed the opportunity to hone his skills but it was simply not enough.
His most recent assignment now was through Bardas. Lysandros and Bardas had shared a prior job together escorting goods in a caravan and had fought off bandits who had thought their employer and his good’s easy prey. Just a month ago now Bardas had recruited him to this new opportunity. "Simple escort job for good money, my friend." Bardas had told him than a month ago. "This fat priest is making a pilgrimage to one of the great temples. Bringing along livestock for sacrifice and he needs protection. Simple as that. 25 silver a day wage. More than any other job I've been on, I'll tell you that."
That had been almost a month ago, and the fat priest who Bardas referred to with great sarcasm as “His Holiness” had been a nightmare of an employer, and made many demands on his small entourage of servants, livestock, and guards such that all would be physically exhausted by the time the sun set from the marching and, in Lysandros and Bardas case, being sent ahead continually to scout for dangers based on the priest’s paranoia.
Now awake, Lysandros quickly ate a ration, drank some water from his skin before going to where Bardas had been waiting for him. ”Ready? Good. He wants us to go ahead of them again. Claims he’s had a vision again that there is trouble ahead.” With Lysandros assent, the two traveled together on horseback. After traveling roughly a mile ahead and enjoying the cool breeze, Bardas pulls the reigns on his horse, prompting Lysandros to do the same. "Woah there." he states. "Hey, Lysandros, you see that there? Looks like bandits hit a wagon or two just up ahead there. We should be careful."
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