You decide that security is too tight to make a go of it now so you all settle in to pretending to be good members of the Third Company. The others help out in small manual jobs that don't require skill and you offer services in some of the more complicated work. After three days of the light volunteer work you seem to be trusted by the men there and the initial panic seems to have settled down into a steady routine so you think it might be time to make your move. Messengers and runners keep arriving but you all pay them little heed now as you are concentrating on finding the best crossing point near the fort.


Unfortunately one of the runners came on the main south road just like you and reports about the finding the body of the messenger you killed. Its put down to spies from Carn trying to prevent news getting to the borders so the fort immediately goes on high alert. If you had known it was your own choice in killing him that lead to the lockdown being started again you might have even found it a little funny.


Sadly you didn't know any of this and only knew that the bells went off and everyone had to report to their bunks. No-one is told what is going on but the next morning you all see a small group of men with an unusual insignia arriving at the fort and heading straight into the commanders office. One of your companions informs you that these are from the 'intelligence' section and are very bad news. You cant risk them getting anywhere near you.

You they shouldnt have any idea about you and you have good paperwork, wait untill they leave.

Waiting till night seems like a better idea so you all prepare your gear and make sure the documents are well hidden then wait. Sadly it is not long before two guards arrive and ask you to accompany them to the commanders office.


You find the commander and the men from the intelligence squad waiting for you. They take your papers and look through them before speaking.


"Now gentlemen we have been tasked with finding some spies from Carn who have killed one of our messengers on the road to this fort. Your paperwork is all in order but it appears you all joined the third company very recently and most importantly you were all seen accompanying the messenger on his way here. Then arrived alone. Can you explain this at all?


One of your men speaks up "We rode with him for two days but he needed to make haste so he went on ahead of us, we just assumed he had arrived already."


The man looks at you all for a short time before smiling "Well we shall soon see the truth of that."


You are all grabbed from behind and lead down stairways until you are all in a large basement,  some dividing screens are set up and tables with straps brought in. Realizing what is about to happen one of the men tries to run but is immediately run through by a guard. The Intelligence man tuts then says "hmm a waste of information there, ah well three is more than enough, lets begin."


You are all strapped down and have some fluid poured down your throats before the screens are moved in to block you from seeing each other. You feel it taking affect and your muscles relax and refuse to respond, you become entirely paralyzed and unable to speak. The man comes to you first "Don't worry it will wear off after a few hours, and by then you'll be ready to talk."


He is true to his word and tortures you solidly for three hours  before you begin to be able to scream, he waits for you to stop before questioning you further. Once satisfied he turns to the guards. "I'll start on the others after a nice lunch, finish this one off and dump his body at the front, claim it was soldiers from Carn torturing him for information."


You don't even have time to object before the guards run their spears through your chest.