A Matter of Faith - part II

Barns replies back to the innkeeper, "Well that will just have to do. Some soup and bread will be fine and pitcher of brew to down it. I'm must say the place is a touch deserted from what I heard and expected."

Barns glances over to the hunter, but keeps his main on the innkeeper, but has an ear to the hunter's tale.

He looks to the other, "Getting anything?"

Boudica does not bother with food at the moment. She says, "Thank you, Hunter. I am pained to hear it. I must check on someone..." She rushes off to make sure Moryana is OK.

I can help you, Will replies to the Innkeeper. Our neolegendary fellow produces a dagger from his belt.

Let me back to the kitchen, to get boar. I’ll help you carve it. Then we can post your sign out front, and bring in some hungry paying customers.

Miyana sits down at Hunter's table without asking. "Soup and bread would do well," she says.

He looks over to Miyana, "I guess my table just isn't good enough." as he notes the party not sitting there.

Boudica knocks in the door and calls for Moryana. "Moryana! It’s Boudica! Are you in there?"

Barns says to Thea as he awaits chow & drink, "Those problems will fade into the night like this rain hopefully and tomorrow will bare a new day." He doesn't seem to let the matter take much of his current attention. You can guess it would take a bit to make him want to go back out into the rain. Especially as this place has a curfew soon.

Although his skills to move in the night are much better than most, he has no thoughts for such. There is no need to face the rain. He is tired of the march here. Makes him think about a horse but his coin is much too close to gone for such. Still, he will gladly spend it for a hot meal.

Some self-comfort appeals more and the slowness of the innkeeper to provide. He removes his soak cloak and such to let it and him dry out some. You can easily see that he doesn't wear any armor but has a longsword and other weapons to say he is still ready for action. If not for the weapons he could easily be a local person with nothing to mark him otherwise, but the party knows he is a spell caster.

Abruptly he calls to the innkeeper, "Some soup and bread for the misses too. Some butter if you have it." and to Will, "Will you not have some brew for the night?"

Boudica:

A kindly middled aged Traladaran with a baby in her arms opens the door for you. She looks at you quizzically, but once you explain who you are here for she calls out Moryana's name, and the young woman appears at the doorstep a moment later.

"Boudica!" Moryana changed little since the last time you saw her, aside a change of attire. She immediately rushes over to you, and gives you a big warm hug "How are you? Where have you been?"

Boudica hugs Moryana, received that she is OK. She replies, " have traveled far, to the city of Kelvin, and even on to the capital city of Specularum. Now I have returned, with the others, as well as with a Thyatian religious authority, in hopes to calm the strife that haas beset Threshold.". Then, turning to include the Traladaran who has been taking care of Moryana, she continues, saying, "I have brought the Patriarch of the Thyatian Church himself to calm the religious zealots of the Crystal Order. Can you please tell me what has transpired here while I have been away? What happened to that young priest who was accused of this awful things? Has anything else like that occurred?"

Boudica

Moryana’s shoulders slumped "The Baron hanged the young priest" her voice trembled, as if she was about to cry "I couldn't bare to watch it. I told everyone who would listen that he was innocent, but no one believed me. Maybe they didn't want to... " she shook her head "It was quite for a couple of days after that, but then those people arrived from Kelvin, and they stirred up trouble again" she sighed "....some of them are as awful as Mother"

Boudica's face falls at the news that the young priest was hanged. We should not have left... she thinks. She adds that mistake to the pile she seems to be amassing, First she disappoints the Three by failing their test, then she allows an innocent young man to die. My penance will needs be great indeed, she thinks.

She hugs Moryana when she becomes upset and says, "We have returned, and we bring with us the man who presides as authority over those zealots who arrived and terrorize the town. He is kind and good and should set them straight. I am... I am dearly sorry for what happened to that poor young man, as well as what happened to the boy they accused him of killing. The killer, whoever they be, still lives, and that is my main concern now. Take care of yourself, Moryana, and know that I am here and shall not leave until this town is safe." She turns to the older Traladaran and says, "Thank you for taking care of Moryana. Is there anything you need?"