Re: Scene 1
Brokalakt begins:
“A week hence we first knew something was amiss. This is the season when our farmers sow the fields, and good sowing makes good harvest later. Well, a couple of farmers were reported missing from one of the hides about 5 miles north of here. These things happen occasionally, the gods might place a call on a farmer to leave his plow, or an animal can attack, or an argument can lead to violence,”
“Praxians? Those little impala riders?” asks the Prince
“Uh, no my lord, we have a sort of understanding. While there are deep animosities between the settlers from Pavis and the barbarians, we have a tense peace with them.”
He seems to wait for the prince’s permission to continue.
“Go on.”
“Well, the farmers were missing, and while we were trying to figure out why, we never discovered any bodies. As we investigated this, we began to get renewed reports of missing farmers, to the west, to the south… A total of 30 at this time. One thing we know is that the disappearances never happen on the same day, so we suspect it could be one perpetrator.
Needless to say, the farmers became anxious and were unwilling to sow in the fields. This could be costly to Lord Indagos, and when they could not be coaxed to be brave, we sent out armed guards from the city to help watch the fields. We do not have many weaponthanes, as we have not much rebuilt from the long winter and our forces are depleted.
The warriors sadly did not fare much better than the farmers, and most of our weaponthanes are now missing as well.
There is a child of one of the farmers, a Kittrela, who wandered to the city in distress, who seems to have seen something, but we haven’t gotten much out of her in her shock. She says nothing but stares at the ground.
And so in the midst of our distress, who appears but a mighty Lunar company to defend our peoples and destroy our enemy!”
The prince chews on a corner of bread while staring at the steward.
It seems an idea occurs to him.
“Say--Is it those two giants all the way down here? This could make our journey easier than I thought!”
“Giants? Well, I suppose my lord, but I suspect they would leave quite a trail…”
“Hmm, no reports of two giant brothers? Terrorizing the countryside? What were their names? Er, Dothmarsh and Mothdarsh?”
At those names Brokolakt pauses. “N-no not that I know of Lord”
"Hmph. Well, worry not, we’ll get to the bottom of this.
I assume Indagos’s chambers will be available to me?”
There is another short pause, then Brokolakt says, “Of course, my lord, Lord Indagos would not have it any other way.”
“Very well, then I’m off to bed, it’s been a beastly day.”
The prince and Brokolakt retreat, leaving you at the table.