S3 E5

## Summary

After defusing Krogal, the team travel out of Hygard and into the farmlands beyond. They rest the night in a barn, owned by Bertram, Prince gets a bit overly friendly with the host and weasels his way into his house. They are all treated to a nice breakfast, and go on their way. After a time they arrive in rainy Stormroque. Meanwhile Poe and Samuel are having tea in a cramped Fieldkin abode.

## Appearances

*In order of appearance*

* mob
* Krogal
* Greta
* Stevens
* Prince
* Pabu
* Adelais
* Tektite
* Jean
* horse
* Fieldkin kids
* Bertram
* Biscuit
* Besh
* Poe
* Samuel Summersearch
* a Fieldkin

## Locations

Hygard

* Farmlands
* Bertram's farm

Stormroque

## Quote of the Week

"*Someone likes Hygard to be full of secrets."* - Adelais

## Events

The mob being to surround everyone.

Krogal is waiting for our answer.

Greta says it’s a nice offer, obviously he would love to restore order to Hygard - but we’re off to hunt the dragon

in the balance of things, if we join you, we leave the dragon

we are going to hunt the dragon to help the mob, and Hygard

we are like your Knight errand thing, Order of the Wandering Mob or that

Krogal - would you be lying? because I have heard before you were responsible for murders?

Greta- nah that weren’t me, I don’t even have a sword

Krogal - well I have to ask, do you talk for all of you?

Greta- yes, all of us

Adelais- in the grand scheme of things we will be helping you

Greta- what are your proposals for keeping Hygard safe? it’s reverting back to crag, you could become mountain dwellers

Krogal- yes we could, we will see how far the pieces go, and we will build what we can with what we have, by being together we will make this

Greta- that’s the spirit of Hygard

Krogal - so you all leave?

Greta- yeah, you know I haven’t been far out of Hygard

Krogal says okay, he’s not happy with it, but so
he says he fights to keep us all free, that’s what he does

Greta- you’re a good man, Krogal

Krogal - I suppose this is goodbye, my friends

Krogal’s hand is gauntleted, a firm handshake with Greta

Stevens says goodbye in Frandellese

The mob kick shins and stare as we leave.

Greta asks if anyone has seen Jack

Stevens says “I am sure he is here”

Ogre in armour too small for him, with a tree stump with nails on it is looking stern until Biscuit goes passed.

The mob stands aside as we go passed. They let us leave.

“I am, above all things, a reasonable man” - as Krogal gestures and the crowd parts.

Jack is on the cart.

The group is out of Hygard, on the open road, with the farmland either side.

Stormroque is 2-3 days ride. Supplies in the saddle bag on the cart.

Jean has a nice, brown horse - pulling the cart

Pabu scouts for some food on the cart.

Greta says he honestly thought we would have a scuffle

Adelais said she had faith in him

Jean asks if one of them was the reaper

the bear was grande. oui non

Adelais says Krogal wouldn’t be the reaper

Jack said that Krogal asks \*us\* to look for the reaper in the first place

Jean buries his face in his hood, it is white silk with a lattice over the front below the nose (half-veil)

The weather on the road is impending rain, and chilly

Adelais says in 3-4 day we will reach Stormroque, which has a port with boats

however, Sir Midmarket, you have a different port?

Jean says I’d rather not go there

Adelais asks because she thinks there may be thieves

Jean says he does not know of another place

Adelais “you’re going to insult Stormroque again, aren’t you?”

Tektite says we can say hello

Adelais- if they’re about, they have worlds to save too

Jean says Frandelle is much more beautiful weather, we have the beautiful sky

Greta - says what is the climate like

Jean says we do not have this miserable you have, we have many sun and heat

Adelais says she doesn’t cope well with the heat

Tektite is grinning

Jean “we have a long way, who will say something?”

Greta says “we’re talking now, about the weather”

Jean says the weather, it is so shallow, we can talk about many things

Adelais says what do you like most about Frandelle?

Jean says le café, I will enjoy le café, it has ambience and beautiful people with beautiful lips and beautiful food - we will eat, oui non

many beautiful people and nice buildings, and art - everything is art

Greta asks if they have problems with witches

Jean says what is this witch?

Greta says, well….[Greta speech]...

Jean - fading back in - this sounds horrible

in Frandelle the heart is the biggest beauty

Greta - you’ll have to forgive us, jean, we are ignorant foreigners

Jean- In Hygard I suppose I am what you call foreigner

Greta- You fit right in, Hygard is a melting pot of cultures

Greta in a normal conversational voice - to Tektite

What Zarasmus revealed, is that hush hush?

Adelais “About what”

About him being a dragon!

“He has wings.”

Greta talks about types of lizardfolk, “I made an assumption… you know, dragons.”

Tek - “I wasn’t aware Dragon was fable”

You’re outside the city as well - maybe just a Hygard thing

Adelais “Someone likes Hygard to be full of secrets. Hard to find info about oddly specific things”

“Didn’t have many tieflings, didn’t assume they were the only tieflings”

They ask Tektite who the dragon in the family is, Tektite can’t answer

Adelais asks Jean about the maison de trade - can you tell me any more?

Jean says I am small with the maison, they do not make fine wares - this is a different place

he doesn’t trade with them

I have been there but only small

Adelais- do they deal with animals?

Jean says “Pet”

Adelais - dogs and cats?

Jean - a dog can make pet

Adelais- are they nice people?

Jean- in Frandelle..

Adelais - both in heart and in lips

Jean says you ask much the same thing, I must say the same thing

Adelais- says it is a lot to take in

Tektite says he is looking forward to travelling to a new place - to Adelais

Adelais says to everyone- Jean thinks I am probably Frandellian

Greta- bloody hell, you’re going home

Adelais- you know. My shield, the emblem, some sort of Frandelle guild

Greta- like a merchant house or something?

Adelais- yes

Stevens - maybe your shield is Frandellian?

Adelais- no my grandma made that

Greta asks if going there is going to be okay

Adelais says it’s not okay

Greta- says if it helps - I am scared too

Tektite looks scared too - and says he’s here for her

Adelais- I know it’s a huge country so the chances are small

Greta-  when we see the guild emblem, we can always avoid it, if you want

Adelais says it might be a waste right?

Jean- I wonder if I can help you with my lips

Jean- words- lips yeah

Adelais says we’ll go and have our mission as priority

Jack- Adelais you say you are from Stormroque? what kind of reception are we going to get?

Adelais- is it going to be cold, wet and people won’t like you

the church is good, the sisters can be quite blunt, they don’t have time for nonsense

Jack- unfortunate for them (he looks to Greta)

Adelais- they are going to love him

Jack- will you get a heroes welcome?

Adelais laughs, they will think “she’s been gone for nine months and think she knows everything about the world” \*drops accent\*

Jack- will it slow down our travel?

Adelais says we haven’t been away that long

they are out on missions quite a lot - so they might not be there

just hope that no one else decides to visit and we can get the boat

Jack raises an eyebrow -oh, who would that be?

Adelais- oh my ex-boyfriend

Jack says- oh,  there could be trouble after all?

Adelais - no, no trouble, he was very persistent and I was very clear

Jack- we don’t have to ask the welcome that Frandelle will give the driver?

Jean - oui non… where have you made perch? -I have not seen you

Adelais- he does that a lot

Jean- his face makes pity

Adelais- \*laughing\* stop saying that, it’s not nice

Stevens- explains that it might not be “pity” but that Jack is full of sadness (another way of saying that it is what is inside)

Jack- he’s still a twat

Jean- if you have beautiful heart and paperie - you will be hailedJack- he means your travel papers
Greta- we don’t have travel papers. what the fuck are travel papers

Jack can sort everyone out with papers

Jean says with the papers you can have this as “pet”

Stevens - I think the term you are referring to is “companion”

Greta- you alright with that Mr Stevens? we ain’t got papers, do I have to be somebody’s pet?

Jack says when we get to the border he will have everyone sorted

Adelais- how long is the boat journey?

Jean said with wind it was one, and with bad wind it is two

Adelais says that her family were so close all the time

Jean says “make lips”

Adelais says “excuse me!?”

Jean says “if you say it with your heart, perhaps your heart will be beautiful again”

Adelais wondered if they dropped their baby in the water

Greta says you can’t second guess these thingsJean - make miserable by the Hygard

Adelais - Greta - no, not miserable -concerned yes, determined yes

Jean says I help you, I mean I have helped you, but I will help you more

Adelais asks Greta how he is, now they have left Hygard

Greta- no threshold I have crossed, fields - it hasn’t hit yet

We’re passing through farmland, when we pass people they are like “how do?” - everyone seems cheerful

Adelais asks if Greta has noticed

He has

There is a pyramid of Fieldkin looking over a fence, to see the caravan

Adelais and Greta wave

Jack performs some tricks for the Fieldkin kids

Greta- maybe it’s just a city thing

Adelais- maybe it is, maybe it is contained

Greta- says maybe it has regressive effect on people?

it’s like a living city, a living being, but it’s dying

Adelais- well its heart left

Tektite is nodding off with the rhythm of the cart

Jean says who is kissing?

Adelais - no one is - we are talking about dragons not having lips, we are going to get Hygard’s heart and its lips back

Jean says you make them beautiful

if you get lips that are beautiful, then you get a beautiful heart

Adelais- what do you think of Greta’s lips?

Jean- Greta has many lips, some beautiful, some not so beautiful
Jean- my horse is miserable, we should make sleep

Adelais- what is your horse’s name?

Jean- oh it is, I make money to get horse

Greta leans down to see what gender the horse is - oh it’s a girl

Adelais- ah you should name her

Jean- you won’t find a name there

Greta- you might do

Greta- we could stay at a farm house, and pay our way

The farmers are bringing their gear in from the rain

Fieldkin are following in the hopes of more exciting things happening

There are farmsteads of varying sizes and styles

Adelais knocks on the door

Door is fully open straight away, a tubby cliché comes out

Adelais - hello Sir!

How do!

Adelais asks if we could use a barn for the night

Greta- drop the accent

Adelais says “we need somewhere ta stay”

The farmer says you ain’t no trouble, like, you got these swords and out

Jack shows off his military rank

The farmer doesn’t notice

Greta and Adelais say no, we need somewhere to stay while we travel to Stormroque

Jack says we’re on a military mission

The farmer says what’s this about the military? if it trouble you can tell me, if I get military come ta door, I’ll have to say like

Greta says the barn is fine, we’ve got money

Farmer says nah it’s chucking down - don’t worry - it’s out of season, I’m not using it

Greta- very kind of you

Farmer says - in you go, there you go

My name is Handsome Greta, what’s yours?

His name is Bertram

Adelais from Stormroque

Good, bit rainy, the farmer says

Tektite of Rosevale - Tektite says

Farmer says “oh bloody hell,” at the sight of him

Tektite says nice to meet you! and goes to shake his hand

They shake hands

Greta says - Tektite you’re from Rosevale? is that near? I didn’t know

yessss- Tektite

Greta- ah we’ll talk about this later

Bertram offers breakfast

we’re paying for that though - Greta says

Besh is in the hay

Bertram says “that cat, I don’t keep livestock but others do”

Greta- she’s fine, she won’t go anywhere, will you Besh?

meeow

Bertram says you don’t want out of the rain? - to Prince

got a fire going inside? be awfully nice if I could dry off - Jack

Bertram hesitantly shows you in, shows the chair by the fire and a stool as well

Jack takes his shoes off

Stevens will take the usual precautions, and alarm up the barn

Slake is nesting into Besh

Greta hangs up his wet fur coat on a nail in the barn and starts unpacking one of the bags

Adelais takes off armour pauldrons

Tektite is sitting around in his wet clothes - sneezes

Adelais rolls with the shield and catches the sneeze

Tektite is too embarassed to change

Adelais holds up a cover for him as he does

Jean puts a hand over his face

Tektite is wearing furs

Bertram has already had dinner so can’t offer much to Prince and Pabu

Jack says the warmth and company is enough

Jack asks if you have seen a dragon?

Jack says it claims to be a God, being a neighbour to Hygard - gods are a common thing

Bertram says some do, some don’t

Jack says it is a threat to the whole land

Bertram - this the military like?

Jack says we seem to be the few who will do something

Bertram- I hope you’ve got some sort of sword that does in dragons like?

Jack says that is our quest, a unique weapon for a unique dragon

Bertram asks if he should keep this hush

Jack for your safety and ours, probably be for the best

Bertram- I won’t be telling the neighbours then

Bertram - oh you were having a nap on the wagon

Jack- he doesn’t need for such thing

Bertram doesn’t get much time for wandering, running a farm

Jack talks of demons, drow, and gods

Bertram- I don’t see what people call themselves gods

Jack you’re all the better for it

Bertram- don’t want no gods coming in and sleeping in the barn, they probably want a lot bigger breakfast than the lot of you

if you lot doing something about it you must be good folk

Jack says “it’s a mixed metropolis”

well, I suppose I thank you then

Jack says have you had anymore visitors from Hygard?

Bertram - not really

Jack says you have a lovely home, it been in the family long?

Bertram, couple of generations

Jack says I imagine you want to be back to your own rest - we appreciate your hospitality

Bertram says I don’t mind, barns unlocked if you want to go to your friends

Jack leaves a gold piece on the table

Bertram doesn’t notice

Adelais in the barn - would you like to share my dog?

Adelais and Greta talk of training to be a paladin

Greta says Prince is probably on the roof, the moonlight behind him

Mr Stevens turns a “warmer” colour (he’s enjoying this), “there is no one on the roof, I would have been alerted”

Prince puts the hood up in the rain, Pabu too

Pabu puts both hands up

Prince points up - see what we can see

Pabu can sleep in the bag if he wants

Prince goes up onto the barn

Mr Stevens says “Mr Prince is on the barn!”

Greta says “oh I was just asleep then”

Jean groans

Greta, I nearly fucking shat myself

Biscuit makes a sad noise

Mr Stevens says you enquired earlier

Tektite sleeps through it

Greta sleep punches the dog, before dawn, Biscuit wakes up, nuzzles his head under Greta’s hand and falls asleep again

In the morning, Adelais wakes up with Greta’s arm over her face, Besh’s face on Adelais and Besh’s arse pointing at Greta

Bertram knocks on the door of the barn to wake everyone

“you all sleep well in there?”

Stevens opens one of the doors

Greta apologises to Adelais

Stevens is thinking, and says something deep about having a good night (mathematical fate)

Bertram we all in one piece?

Jack says did you sleep well Bertram? (he jumps down from the building)

Bertram- “blimey o’riley”.. I slept well, I don’t have room at table for the lot of you

Greta says that’s very kind of you

Adelais says so too

Jack says, can any of my companions help you with that work?

Adelais says I’ll help you, if you don’t mind me coming into your house?

Bertram says take this and then I’ll get more,

The breakfast is sausage and bacon

Greta is repacking everything ready

Bertram does cook for five, he doesn’t cook for Stevens

Jack saves his food for Pabu, puts it on the floor and his satchel too

Jean says it has some beauty but it is heavy (the food)

If anyone wants to eat what Jean has not, he has left it away from him

(he had a bit of everything)

Greta asks how Tektite is this morning and if he slept well

he says yes and eats his food really quick

Greta says we must thank Bertram and pay for the food

Adelais says time to re-armour

Greta helps

Adelais helps with Greta’s corset, Slake normally helps

Bertram has found Prince’s gift (the gold piece)

“I can pay back some but….this is too much”

Prince says your hospitality has been more than enough

Greta says yeah it’s fine

Bertram do swing by if you need again

Adelais hugs Bertram

Bertram, oh you needent like

Greta says good hospitality

Bertram, you are a bit weird like, but you seem like nice folk

he wishes us a nice day

and um, \*Bertram taps his nose to Prince\*

Stevens was going to hug but then, doffs his hat instead

Back on the road again

Greta asks if Jack has been there

Jack I haven’t but I have read things

Adelais says oh what have you read

Jean says you not ask me

Greta what about you Stevens? oh wait, you’re only four

Stevens has a registration plate, but he can’t reach it

( on the small of his back)

Greta says ah I hadn’t noticed that

Adelais, so Jean, you say they may be crowning a new Jade Lady?

Ah yes, it is magnific, they have a grande tenting with la mask

Adelais, mask?

Jean, oui non

Greta, a grand tenting, well.

Adelais says what sort of mask? ceremonial?

Jean, oui non, many, all of the people

Greta says it is an event where the residents of Frandelle are masked?

Prince says, a carnival

Jean says yes, for the Lady of Jade, only of grande luke

Greta is who is luke?

Jean says when you make cards of kings

Greta says, ah lucky. we might find ourselves in a masquerade ball?

Jean, why ball?

Greta it is a grand dance

Jean, but only if they make a Jade Lady

Greta, so we’re getting a boat from Stormroque, how often do boats depart from there?

Jean says I have only met one boat

Greta says I understand where you’re coming from

Adelais says I hope it is a useful use of time, the masquerade

Adelais says there are boats, I don’t know what we trade because we don’t get anything, but the best they make is the salted caramel. but they don’t trade it

Greta - anywhere to stay there?

Adelais yeaah

Tektite yess, and if my room is free you can have it

though Adelais says the children will have it, there won’t be room in the church

Jean says I know a tavern where I was not stabbed

Adelais, which one?

Jean, The Leaking Roof

Adelais says that’s the sisters favourite

Adelais says when she refers to the sisters she means the paladins

there are others who stay behind and look after the children

Greta says you can show off your armour

Adelais says they are going to hate this, “why so flashy”

Cut to seeing Stormroque in the distance, it starts raining, a massive heavy cloud

Greta says that’s a lot of fucking rain

Adelais says there it is

Stevens takes off his hat to put in his bag to keep it dry

Greta asks if Tektite is happy to be back

Yess, good to see everyone

Adelais says it doesn’t feel like we’ve been away long, only 9 months

Greta says a lot can happen in a year

Some guys getting beaten up on the bay,

and some other guys “bloody rain again,” “I know, nothing ever changes here”

## After Credits

Extreme close up of a somewhat sad, somewhat angry Poe d’Blande, and cuts to show that he is sat stooped in a chair next to a very short bed, with Samuel Sommersearch with legs draping out of the end. Cuts again with them scrunched into a small space, with a tiny cup of tea, a Fieldkin comes in “would you like another cup of tea?”