Onward to Ruby Lake

Regular soldiers would be arriving late tonight, or early tomorrow morning. The King had expressed gratitude for my revelation, and ensured me that the corrupted advisors were being 'dealt with'. He also liked what I was doing, to deal with the assassins guild, and saw no reason to stop annihilating them. He had granted William a full pardon for any crimes he was accused of as partial reward for his part. It was all good news that lifted my spirits greatly.

There was a fortification near the edge of town. beside the burnt out baron's estate. The guards who had been stationed there were the baron's lapdogs, and died along with the baron.

We spent the day cleaning up the barracks to make it ready for occupancy by the retinue of troops that would be arriving. Stone Keep had many such fortifications at each small town, as well as spread along the border, but under the ill advice of S'Jevv and L'Rall, they were mostly understaffed and in disrepair. Facts that I was already in the process o