TYING THE NOOSE

[Mickaelhz 4300]

TYING THE NOOSE

“Don’t expect a crippled man to walk the walk, but ask him anyways.”

- Big Tony 1774

Spoiler

 

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One of the figureheads of The Hangmen has recently approached me to talk about the spreading of false information by the Heusstandarte bandit group, i’d like to shine some light on the matter publicly, to be 100% transparent with everyone reading this.

 

There is a reason why people often see the uniform of our own company in most of the human cities, it’s because we have nothing to hide.

 

No bandits.

No outcasts.

No criminals.

 

On the other side, there is also a reason why people rarely see members of the Heusstandarte Company outside of their keep, unless it’s on the roads.

They have recently been capturing people from some of the southern nations and claiming they were members of my company.

If you don’t believe our side, read up on their latest missives, not once will you find a name that could trace back to The Hangmen.

A move only the most dishonorable of sellswords would make, like signing a contract to slay someone... but instead you kill someone else and claim you’re victorious once more. Moves like this is what gives your company a horrible name.

 

You’re painting yourselves as bandits.

You’re forcing yourself to be locked away from society, hiding like rodents in a castle with walls made from stolen goods.

You’re incriminating yourselves with your missives.

 

I’m glad to know that my plans are working as expected, as it is not hard to think further than plunderers.

Like a dog forced into a corner, they only see a single way out, barking and biting.

This is the part that doesn’t make sense in my eyes, i could respect them a bit if only they also did the biting.

ONCE have they met us on the field, a completely fair fight, same amount of men and after a single defeat they’re hiding like rodents.

 

I wouldn’t be me if i wasn’t as merciful of a man, so i’ll offer them a way to restore their honor.

Start biting back.

I expected that cleaning the roads would be a dangerous task, but it feels like my men are simply clearing a table lacking sharp objects.

 

You have 1 Saint’s Day to contact one of my men so we can meet on the fields, so you can finally prove that you’re more than a group of people that noone else wanted.

There’s nothing wrong with putting up a show, but after lying to the public … the curtains must close and you must entertain in another way.

I’ll see you on the other side of the battlefield, don’t disappoint the crowd.

 

Kind regards,

The Hangman

 

[FlemishSupremacy 6115]

Cassian checks his crossbow, looking to Elradir.

“Should I put different notches for horses or not?” He’d ask him with a chuckle.

[D3F4LT 1026]

Elronian Kaeronin would clean the mugs that were dirty from the left over mead “seems accurate”

[Mark2282 305]

Little Tony looks doubtful as he reads over the missive “Would they really leave their bandit cave and fight us? “ He would then go back to applying oil to his mustache.

[Christ 939]

Christ chuckles.

[_pr0fit 3084]

“I dunnae T’ink I’ve ever seen a Hangman in Morsgrad” Olaf says thinking to himself. “I have seen the housedarts near darrowmere...” he continues “But that was only when they were robbing or killing our citizens....” Olaf shrugs “Maybe I should seek out the Hangmen and see if they would be interested in patrolling further north.”

[Axelu 4333]

bertha the fat shivers, frightened!