Attack at Morgryn's Logging Site

Forces| * 4-5 Forrester bannermen
* Gared Tuttle's forces *(late arrival)*

The Escape From Ironrath is an event that took place after the main Forrester-Whitehill Conflict.

## History

### Prelude

Following the Limping Lord Inn Brawl, Torrhen Whitehill commands Randyll Warrick and his soldiers to hunt down and capture Rodrik Forrester. Randyll does little until the head of his son, Grag, is found, and Torrhen orders him to leave the next morning and not come back until he has the Forrester.

Rodrik and Tom plot revenge on Rickard Morgryn, who caused the death of Mira Forrester. They plan to attack the Logging Site he is working at, saving any Forrester captives in the process and ultimately killing the man. Unbeknownst to them, House Warrick is on their tail.

### Battle

Rodrik and Tom deal with the logging site with relative ease, freeing several Forrester men who had been forced into slave labour there. The bannermen cover them while they head for Morgryn's small house at the head of the site, where Rodrik successfully kills Morgryn and avenges Mira - but sustains a heavy cut on the neck in the process.

When Rodrik and Tom leave the building, Randyll applauds them and reveals himself, but the freed Forrester soldiers put themselves between Rodrik and Randyll, providing cover. Rodrik and Tom push a cart downhill, which knocks Randyll from his horse and winds him while also sending the Warrick men sprawling and confused. Using the confusion, Rodrik charges forward in an attempt to flee, killing the few soldiers who get in his way until he spots Erik, a soldier who is still tied up, asking to be freed. Grenn, the soldier Rodrik had previously maimed at the Limping Lord Inn makes himself known and threatens Rodrik with a new sword prosthetic.

Rodrik and Grenn engage in a quick battle until Rodrik gets the upper hand. A Forrester soldier warns him that Randyll is coming - and Randyll kills him right after he finishes his sentence, proclaiming that Rodrik is 'his' to take down. Instead of killing Grenn, Rodrik saves Erik and the two face off against Randyll and the Warricks. It seems as if they will lose the fight until a charge of newcomers split the two sides and send the Warricks retreating. Rodrik also tries to retreat, but collapses due to the wound on his neck. A horse rears up in front of him but is tackled by a snow bear, and Rodrik is then saved by a white-haired girl who arrived with the newcomers. She helps him for a moment until he falls unconscious.

### Aftermath

Rodrik wakes up in a clearing surrounded by allies. The strange girl and bear who saved him are revealed to be companions of Gared Tuttle, and Rodrik is introduced to his bastard half-siblings Josera and Elsera. Rodrik takes the news badly and parts ways with Gared after only a brief reunion. The Forrester soldiers stay by his side, but Tom decides to liberate Ironrath with Gared instead of attacking Highpoint and the Whitehills with Rodrik.

Meanwhile, Randyll stages a coup on his own house, killing all members of the house between him and lordship. Declaring himself the new Lord, Randyll is free to command all of the Warrick soldiers instead of only a few, making him more of a threat and making it so that Gared's group cannot simply run him down as they did before.