Aftermath 43.

The Kaldel Plains...

After they returned late last night, they continued to watch the village where the crew of illegal wreckers are based in.
Then throughout most of the day, Lisell Maera has been with a group of locals. Who are out and about. Searching for the missing dwarf named Mac. And as it turns out, searching for herself as well.
Seems that she and others have been found out so to speak. The mage named Samiel, and another wrecker by the name of Gorlic.
Returned from the town further south on the plains yesterday. Having found out about her and the others. In particular Beldane, who was recognised as a fighting cleric in the church of Glaine by someone in the town that's thirty miles to the south of the village.
The messenger in the armies of Farque, who is originally from the coastal city-state of Brattonbury, who can pass herself off as a plainswoman, as she's tall and has a similar colouring to a lot of the locals.
Makes her way back to the village from the north, where she and some of the other locals have been searching for any sign of Mac the dwarf. As well as the group of four who include herself, Beldane the cleric, Tovis the war engineer and the young field commander, Tamric Drubine.
Lisell Maera or Lis as she's more commonly called by the others, falls back behind the rest of the group as they return to the village after searching around the scrubby like trees to the north of the village. Including around the area the illegal wreckers call the dumping ground.
That's where they dump the bodies of those that they kill. Including their own, as quite a few of them have been killed by the other wreckers. In particular the leader of the crew of illegal wreckers. A plainsman by the name of Arvelle.
And even more so by another plainsman, though he's actually from the kingdom of Girdane, the blademaster named Pallen.
Lis falls behind the recent lover of the leader of the illegal wreckers. Who still has a bruised face after Arvelle beat her after finding out that Mac the dwarf was missing, as well as a sizeable chunk of the illegal wreckers fortune had disappeared.
And as the locals enter the village on the north side, the attractive young woman from the city-state of Brattonbury goes to her left. And heads around to the east side of the village.
As she does, the messenger or runner as they're often referred to. Wonders what information the others have been able to gather. And in others, she means Narladene the ground pixie who she knows is now with them.
As she briefly spotted the naturally magical creature yesterday when Narladene, who has been speaking to Tamric Drubine, briefly appeared to Lis.
"She's coming back" says Narladene the ground pixie "Lis" adds the tiny winged creature.
Tamric Drubine glances down next to his right elbow where Narladene is standing on the ground "From around the north side of the village" adds the naturally magical creature who is attached to Helbe the elven thief.
The young field commander in the armies of Farque as he lies upon the slight rise about quarter of a mile to the east of the village. Looks through his brass, cylindrical eyepiece, and after a few moments, he spots Lisell Maera disguised as a plainswoman, make her way around from the north side of the village.
"Are Tovis and Beldane still heading here?" quietly asks Tamric Drubine who with the exception of Narladene, has been here by himself for most of the day, especially now during the afternoon.
"They are" says the tiny winged creature who can feel through the ground, the war engineer and the fighting cleric heading this way from the trees even further to the east.
"And that wizard can't sense Beldane?" quietly asks the nobleborn teenager who is originally from the feudal kingdom of Sarcrin.
"He can't" says the ground pixie, who then adds "Even if the cleric wasn't holding his power within himself i doubt that wizard would locate him" Narladene continues in a dry tone with "That wizard doesn't exactly sense that often".
"Oh?" says Tamric Drubine, who is more commonly called Tam by those who know him well.
"Compared to the mage and the sorceress he doesn't" says the naturally magical creature who is originally from the Sunreach Mountains, the largest mountain range in all the Southlands.
"Good thing those two aren't here at the moment" quietly says Tam, who then quickly gets up to one knee, and gives the all clear signal when he sees Lisell Maera looking this way.
Once he's lying flat on the ground again, the nobleborn teenager who is the son and former heir of a previous knight of castle Drubine, a castle located in the forested north of the kingdom of Sarcrin.
Asks the naturally magical creature standing next to his right elbow "Are the others anywhere near here yet?".
Narladene, who knows exactly who the young field commander is referring to, senses away to the south, and after a few moments, the tiny winged creature grins.
"They're heading this way" says the ground pixie who can sense Helbe the elven thief, along with Mira Reinholt the mage.
She looks up at the clear afternoon sky on what's been a cool day here in the northeast region of the Kaldel Plains, and after checking the position of the sun, Narladene says "They should be here in the early evening".
"At least that's something" murmurs Tamric Drubine, who then falls silent as Lisell Maera steadily approaches the small rise that he's lying on, as he continues to observe the nearby village. One of two villages that the crew of illegal wreckers live in, and work from.
Lis hurries around the back of the rise, then gets down low and makes her way up it. The attractive young woman from the city-state of Brattonbury crawls the last bit up the rise, and comes to a stop next to the young field commander.
"What did you find out?" quietly asks the nobleborn teenager, the messenger quietly tells Tam what she found out after spending most of the day with a group of the locals.
Field commander Drubine nods his head, as Lis pretty much tells him what Narladene has already explained to him.
Then once the messenger, who is part of the scouts division in one of the armies of Farque has told him what she's found out. The nobleborn teenager quietly tells her "Seems a wizard down in that town, recognised who, or i should really say, what Beldane is".
Tamric Drubine nods towards the nearby village, as he adds "Seems they're of the opinion that the four of us, especially Beldane, helped that dwarf steal from them" he continues with "That's why they're searching for us too".
"The things people make up" murmurs the attractive young woman from the coast of the Southlands, where she was born and brought in the city-state of Brattonbury, until she left there at the age of eleven when she met the group she's now part of.
After hearing what Narladene whispers to him, Tam looks behind them, to the east, and spots Tovis the war engineer and Beldane the cleric in the distance, jogging this way.
"Tovis and Beldane are approaching" quietly says the young field commander in the armies of Farque.
"Is it safe for Beldane to be here?" asks Lisell Maera, Tamric Drubine nods, then says "He is" followed by "The mage and sorcerers are gone, out searching for the dwarf, as well as us" the nobleborn teenager from the kingdom of Sarcrin then adds "Just the wizard is here at the moment, and it seems he's a bit lax when it comes to searching for other spellcasters".
"Convenient for us" quietly says Lisell Maera, who then looks at field commander Drubine who quietly tells her "The others will be here in the early evening".
Knowing exactly who Tam is referring to, Lis asks him "You sure?".
"Well, I'm not since i don't actually know for myself" says the young field commander who points at the ground next to his right elbow between himself and the messenger lying next to him, and he adds "But she certainly does".
The attractive young woman whose mother was a street prostitute and whose father was a sailor, looks to where Tam pointed, and she briefly catches a glimpse of a grinning Narladene the ground pixie  who looks up at her, before disappearing from view.
The young field commander who can still see the tiny winged creature, who like all pixies and sprites has the ability to reveal themselves to whoever they want, quietly says to the messenger in a slightly dry tone "I'm guessing they'll make an entrance when they show up".
Lisell Maera slightly winces, then says "What do you think they'll do when they get here?".
"Their worst" dryly says the young field commander who nods to the nearby village, then adds "Especially to that lot there, considering they know it was them who took down our ship".
Narladene nods in agreement to that, and the attractive young woman from the coastal city-state of Brattonbury says "I've got a feeling we don't want to get too close to whatever happens".
"That's why we're going to stay out here" says the son and former heir of a previous knight of castle Drubine, who nods to the nearby village as he adds "And not in there".
A short while later, and Tovis the war engineer and Beldane the cleric arrive, and make their way onto the rise, where they lie down onto the ground next to the two youngest members of the group.
Field commander Drubine informs them what they've found out today, and he also tells the powerful cleric that it's alright to stop holding his power within himself.
As the wizard, the only spellcaster of the three amongst the crew of illegal wreckers who is the nearby village at the moment. Is lazy in sensing for other spellcasters in the area. And has hardly done so all day.
Tam who doesn't tell the war engineer and the fighting cleric about the others turning up sometime in the early evening, does say to them "Best we keep a careful eye on the village, and whoever comes and goes".
The young field commander in the armies of Farque continues with "Who knows who could turn up" he follows that with "It could be anyone".
Lisell Maera faintly grins at that, and she too doesn't mention that the others, who include Dorc da Orc, Mira Reinholt the mage, Helbe the elven thief, Shur Kee the monk, sir Percavelle Lé Dic, Darid Parsen the cavalry commander, Teabagger the goblin Cunt, and Dalinvardél Tanith the elven spy, could turn up in the early evening.
Instead she just says "It could be anyone" Lis then adds "Keep your eyes open for anything" followed by "Both in and outside of the village".
The four of them continue to watch the nearby village throughout the late afternoon, then Tovis the war engineer eventually says "I suppose it's a cold dinner here?" he follows that with "Or should we head back east to the camp?".
"A cold dinner here" says Tamric Drubine who doesn't want any fires lit here, he continues with "Like i said, we're staying here to watch them into the night".
"A cold night it'll be" quietly says Beldane the cleric, as the day, which has been fine and sunny, has definitely been cooler than the days previously, a sure sign that summer has come to an end in this part of the Kaldel Plains.
Tam slightly nods his head when he hears Narladene whisper to him that riders are approaching the village from the southwest, and they'll be here by dusk.
He assumes it's those wreckers who went that way early in the morning, led by the couple of Sasha the former mercenary, and Pallen the blademaster.
The nobleborn teenager from the kingdom of Sarcrin looks that way through his brass, cylindrical eyepiece, and as yet can't see them. So he goes back to observing the nearby village.
A little while later as the sun starts to drop towards the horizon in the west, Narladene the ground pixie quickly whispers to the young field commander "That mage is approaching from the west".
"Beldane hold your power within yourself" says Tamric Drubine who continues with "That mage is heading back here".
The fighting cleric who hails from the kingdom of Nastell doesn't question the nobleborn teenager, he just holds his power within himself.
"Hmmm he stopped" the tiny winged creature murmurs to herself, who drops down to the ground from where she's hovering next to Tam's right ear.
The naturally magical creature originally from the Sunreach Mountains who is attached to prince Helbenthril Raendril nods her head after feeling through the ground.
The ground pixie hovers up next to the head of the young field commander and whispers to him "That mage has stopped, to talk with those riders I'm guessing".
The naturally magical creature who is sensing away to the west, where she can sense the mage named Samiel a few miles from the village, senses him teleport himself and one other again.
The tiny winged creature frowns as he's no longer coming this way towards the village. Instead he's teleported away to the south.
She senses in a straight line in the direction he's going. And beyond that, to what she eventually senses.
"Shit" suddenly mutters Narladene, who dives down into the ground, and takes off, heading south.
"Er?" says Tamric Drubine who caught sight of the naturally magical creature disappear into the ground "You there?" quietly says the young field commander in the elven language, the language the ground pixie speaks to him. He gets no response from the naturally magical creature.
"What is it?" asks Lisell Maera in the same language "She's gone" replies the young field commander in the armies of Farque.
"Where'd she go?" asks the attractive young woman from the city-state of Brattonbury "I have no idea" says the nobleborn teenager from the kingdom of Sarcrin who wonders where Narladene has taken off to, as previously since she's been with them here, she's told him wherever she's going to.
I wonder what's happening? Tamric Drubine thinks to himself . . . . . .