In reply to Aethul (msg # 144):

Aethul rejoins Kirpich and Balir.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 145):

I was hoping to speak with the baron again. He has given us no power over the farmers and tradesmen who can do as they wish... not a good plan. I was going to volunteer to serve as bailiff to see that the baron's interest's were seen to ...as a Ranger, I already have some legal standing, just not so much in villages.

In reply to Aethul (msg # 146):

The Baron's partner, Lord Percival can be seen marshaling the troops, who are a combination of the long time loyalists and recent converts from the most recent baron's soldiers.

I can go speak with him if it seems appropriate.

In reply to Aethul (msg # 148):


Ser Percival pauses.
        : You there, Laird Aethul, isn't it?  What Can I do for you?
This message was lightly edited by the GM at 00:00, Sat 13 Apr.

Hannatti uses a hand to check the baroness's temperature and heartbeat*. "So how far along are you? And, honestly, are you in pain?

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This message was last updated by the player at 23:07, Fri 12 Apr.

In reply to Hannatti (msg # 150):

"Ah they are keeping me well, I have four or five months of confinement at the least ahead of me and could do for a little company."

"I could stay and talk with you for a short while but then I must let my friends know in person that I am alright. But perhaps I could return if you would wish it. Perhaps a note from you confiring such?

"If I may, calling you 'Baroness Pequenaud' is such a mouthful. Something shorter, perhaps?

In reply to Percival (msg # 149):

His Lordship most kindly gave us the tower we took from the vampires living in it and has given us some status as holders of the tower, but he did not grant us any authority over the probable returning farmers and craftsmen. I can see potential for differences getting out of hand. I have some authority as a Ranger, but it is mostly in relation to the forests and lands not developed. I wondered if I or another of us might  be appoint bailiff to keep the Lords laws and intents. It does not have to be me ... Hannatti is level headed and con use a sword if it ever came to that and there are others who might do as well.  We are several days from this place, so a local authority is in all our interests.

"If you can keep the place up it should attract some tenants."

In reply to Hannatti (msg # 152):

"Lady Hannatti, for yes I know of your elevation, You may call me Lorraine.
I  think you have earned that.
After the plague,there were scarcely enough peasants to work the land, and the barony was to lie falliw unless we made an aliance by marriage.
The baron was already afianced to his captain if the guards and did not find Baron Pequenaud to his liking, although I am sure Pequenaud would have accepted him.
I was willing,for the sake of the people and the land, so my brother relinquished his title and went north to seek his fortune.
The match was not as successful as I would have preferred,and my husband was cruel to those beneath himin a way that I could not bear. I endeavored to correct that wrong,which has lead to my confinement in this tower, which incidentally corresponds to my time of confinement in the other sense. I could well do with company."

"Just 'Hannatti', please, Lorriane, when it's just us," replies Hanntti. "Look, I'm not really a 'Lady', you know that, right? Not a proper noble; no blue blood anywhere in my family, so far as I know anyway.." She shrugs. "I came here not knowing what had happened. Really, to see if you needed help; you know, to escape or something. Didn't know this baron was your brother nor that the previous baron was a nasty piece of work. What will happen to you?"

In reply to Percival (msg # 154):

It is our hope to return it to te profitable farming land it was once. But I am sure we will need a bailiff as soon as we have two or three farmers.

In reply to Aethul (msg # 157):

"Well then, Laird Baliff, welcome to the service of the Baron!"

In reply to Hannatti (msg # 156):

The Baroness dismisses her other servants for a time.
"My erstwhile husband was rescued from his unfortunate affliction by a strange priest,
one of several strange folk he entered the hall with, many of them from far off Sahud, although one was Shevnian,
and another seemed Sahudeese, but there was something disturbing about him.
In any case, they bested a peculiar champion his wizard had found, and then made as to cure him of whatever it was that was plaguing him
Enough politics for now..."

"Thank you for sharing with me, Lorraine," Hannatti replies with a gentle smile.

In reply to Hannatti (msg # 160):

"I am to be confined in my quarters until the heir is born, after which my fate remains to be seen.
My husband has returned to his ancestral lands, and Godwilling, will stay there until the end of his days,
 but doubtless he will come to see his child's birth."

"Oh my! May anything be done to aid your cause?" Hannatti replies.

In reply to Hannatti (msg # 162):

"I am certain that my brother would rather leave the child,
 who is effectively his own heir to be raised by their own mother
rather than have them handed off to wetnurses and tutors as I am further imprisoned or otherwise dispatched.

"Is that what you wish though?" asks Hannatti, who then adds, "but I must be away shortly. There are people waiting for me who may be worrying for my safety."

In reply to Hannatti (msg # 164):

Kirpich enjoys the peace and quiet to contemplate life, while others are doing whatever it is they are doing. Since there are no commotions, he assumes all are well as he thinks about how to find a smith who may be interested in coming to work for him.

In reply to Percival (msg # 158):

It is that simple? No writ or signet of this power granted?

In reply to Aethul (msg # 166):

Aethul is given a writ with a seal, and a brass signet ring.

My Thanks good sir, I shall do my all to support the Baron's law.

In reply to Hannatti (msg # 164):

"I wish to have your company occasionally at the very least whilst I languish here. "