(( Letters were handed out prior to this, only ex members of House Flay can join in here.
No spy BS. ))
Standing before the gates of Arethor, you dig your hand into your pocket, removing a letter, reading it over again, you nod, then being to make your way to old Renatus slums.
Cautious, unaware of what you are getting into, you scout out the town before entering, dead silent. A single torch burning, you enter the slums.
As instructed in the letter, you remove your bandana from your satchel, and hold it up in the air, as you walk through the slums, taking a single step forward, you turn the corner, and see "Noble", Drelik Letholdus, leaning on the wall before you, gesturing for you to follow him.
Doing so, you walk through the forsaken slums, stopping before a shack, seeming empty and dark, Drelik opens the door for you both.
You both step through, as Drelik stomps his boot against the wooden plank floor.
Seconds later, a lock is heard being popped open, and a sizeable square in the floor is pulled into the cieling. Suddenly, one of the men bursts his head through the hole, looking at Drelik, then climbing back down the ladder, you do the same, looking around, you see several men playing cards, drinking, and telling tales of old.
Drelik "Noble" puts his hand to his mouth, whistling loudly.
"Our last guest just arrived."
Everyone gets up, stretching, clearly having aged since the glory days.
They all head through a corridor, well-lit with torches, walking down the corridor,
a large table comes into sight.
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Drelik sits down at the round table, a matter of prinicple, for he does not see himself as superior to the rest.
Clearing his throat, he beings to speak.
"I'm sure ye' all remember the days under our Count, our Lord, our bloody evil bastard o' a employer. August Flay. Those were good days, do ye' not agree, comrades? We've all seen tough times since the day our liege lords head was brought into court before Godfrey, not unlike a bloody butcher decapitates a pig."
*Drelik spits in revulsion, then continues.*
"I myself know, I'd do anything to get those days back. To raid alongside ye', my brothers in arms, with Lord Flay rallying us with calls of blood and coin. Aye, that would be a sight to see. I've made something of myself from this chaos, the Syndicate, something I know August himself would beam with pride at the mention of. However, I know some of you don't wish te' follow me, as ye' followed our dear count. Believe me brothers, I do not wish te' replace August, I would never think of it. He was a father te' me, to many of ye', this I know. That is why I brought ye' here today. If our old boss could see us now, divided, a shell of our former selves and the glorious days of Flay, he would should a tear. I hold here a letter, given te' me by Godfrey himself, it may interest some of ye'."
Drelik takes out a scroll, aged, its the broken seal of a flayed man adorns the opened parchment. He passes it around, allowing men to see. He eyes them carefully, before continuing.
"As I said, August was like a father to us, at least te' me. So are we not his sons? Are we not all Sons of August? Whether he be dead or alive, burning in the fires of the nether or plotting in a castle far off, I will honor his memory, as we all should; in the only way I know how.
Drelik takes out a skinning knife, running it against the table
"Ye' all read that letter by now, you know what might come. Let us be bound together again, in memory of our Lord. For if that letter does not read false, we should be ready when the time comes".
(( If anyone needs to know what the contents of the letter say, before you post, PM me. ))