S03E05

## Racing Home

### Summary:

The Dread Company race towards Minnie's cabin in order to stop the evil magic of Maedalyn Dyre.

### Characters:

Christor, Maxir, Minerva, Torrhen

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## Racing Home

The Dread Company and their retinue of thirty bandits arrived at Hannah’s farm, on the edge of House Glenbain’s ancestral lands. Before them was the path to Minnie’s cabin and the chance to end Maedalyn Dyre’s ritual, but there were 1200 Lannister Elites in the area, patrolling every road and guarding every tower.

Ser Percy and his squire Whistler decided to take the bandits south of the Ald River. There they would create a diversion and draw some of the troops away from the area.

## Through Fields and Farms

The Dread Company headed west on horseback, traveling through the flat farmlands of the Ford of Ald. After an hour and a half of riding, they were spotted by a group of Western soldiers on horseback. These weren’t Lannister elites, but local boys now serving under Maedalyn Dyre.

The group made short work of the soldiers, Torrhen picking them off with his bow as they charged, Maxir and Minnie taking out their horses. Christor finished off the last of them by pushing one charging horse into another. The resulting fall was fatal for the two riders involved.

Minnie decided that the soldiers’ horses could not be left to wander the farmers’ fields, lest they draw attention. She slit their throats and the group was on their way.

## We Don't Negotiate with Scouts

The party came to the Greyrocks forest, a difficult terrain for their horses. Before long, they were stopped by a dozen Lannister scouts. These troops didn’t attack, but rather wanted money in exchange for their silence. They began the negotiations at 200 Gold Dragons.

The group began to talk, but Torrhen would have none of it. He put a pair of arrows into their leader’s chest. Eight of the scouts fled, but three stayed behind to fight. But the scouts were no match for the Dread Company and they were killed. Notably, Christor killed one by picking up a mossy log and crushing him with it.

## Hills and Bears and Climbing Cliff Walls

Next, they found themselves in the Greyrocks, a tangled mess of hills and canyons. They were disappointed to discover that their path came to a rock wall, and worse yet, three bears were approaching through the narrow canyon. The bears, a mother and her two adult offspring, looked mad with rage, moving forward in a way bears do not naturally behave. The group found themselves in a vicious fight, the enormous mother bear wounding Christor. Eventually the mother and one of the offspring were killed and the other driven away.

When it was all over, Torrhen moved to the mother bear, grieving. He stroked the animal’s head, taking a long moment to mourn.

The company found themselves at the foot a sheer cliff, the only other path miles around the rock face. So, they tied a rope around Christor’s waist and sent him up the slope. The giant man lifted his three companions all the way up the cliff, as well as a small rowboat. It was hard work, but they all made it safely.

## The Last Stand of Ser Jon Hallan

They crossed the Greyrocks and came to the disgusting marshland north of the Greyrocks. Minnie’s cabin was somewhere in this swamp and they were going to press on until they reached it. The area was difficult to navigate, a grey mist hung like a blanket. Christor had brought a boat up the cliff with them and he and Maxir shared that to travel over the stinking water. Minnie and Torrhen had to do their best on an improvised raft made of three logs lashed together with rope.

All of a sudden, they could hear the calamitous sounds of a knight running in full armour. Minnie turned to find Ser Jon Hallan, hero of House Dyre charging behind her through the swamp. He brought his enormous greatsword down on her left shoulder, slicing through her flesh down to the bone.

The group scrambled to react. Torrhen sent an arrow at Jon’s face – it went wide. Torrhen knocked his bow again and let go another shot. This arrow slipped through a small hole in Jon’s helmet and gouged into his eye. He let out a pained cry – half blind.

Minnie maneuvered the best she could to get behind the enormous knight. Dashing through the filthy swamp, she lined her axe up to hit him in the back and swung. It dug into his armour, injuring him but not with any severity.

Maxir swung Dreadwailer at Jon, but it seemed to do little. Christor stepped out of his boat, and with a great effort, lifted it out of the water.

Even with one eye gone, Ser Jon Hallan was a master swordsman. He swung his great blade, wounding Maxir and putting a great cut across Christor’s chest.

The Dread Company kept maneuvering around Jon, flanking him in the back and sides. The fight continued on and on, the situation desperate. It finally ended when Christor swung his entire rowboat and smashed it into Hallan, knocking the knight unconscious and sending him to the bottom of the swamp.

Christor rushed to Ser Jon, making sure the man stayed under the water long enough to be truly dead. Then Minnie used her axe to remove his giant head. She left the head there, spiked on a spear, a dead rat left in his mouth.

And then the party continued through the mist, headed for Minnie’s cabin…

## Experience

- Christor, Maxir, Minerva and Torrhen each earned 10 XP, 7 Glory and 250 Silver Stags

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