[To return to Fenrir and his cold war against the vampires of Westgate]
DAY 482 (27th Kythorn)(June) cont ...
That night Fenrir had a nightmare. He dreamed of a cave in the forest. As he walked towards it, he heard cackling from within. As he went in, walking past a campfire, he saw two women leaning over a third. There was a scream, then a baby was held aloft.
The baby had horns...
Fenrir woke with a start. He was sure he had dreamed of Nexelmode, and it probably wasn't a good omen. He did some sums on his fingers. If he had got her pregnant the baby wasn't due for another three months. Or was there sorcery and/or devilry at work? He tried to dimiss it from his mind and get back to sleep.
DAY 483 (28th Kythorn)(June)
Still, he had a spring in his step as he went to work. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. He helped himself to 500 gold from the Watch fund for 'expenses' and went on with his day.
He was getting fed up with stories of trouble at the Dock Ward. The death of Sweetpea was still an issue.
He put that to one side though when a nobleman called Salvis Ssemm came to him, demanding justice from a merchant that he said had cheated him.
In theory Fenrir was now the Supreme Justice of Westgate, but he had little idea of the law (usually being on the wrong side of it - hoho!) so he went to speak to one of his judges.
He had six and the most 'sensible' one (if there is such a thing as a sensible judgein Westgate) - Jenner Fields, a half-orc commoner who had risen to prominence due to her intellect and wisdom.
She looked over the paperwork. It was insurance for a caravan that had been lost.
'It's not been notarised,' she said. 'A technicality that renders these papers legally rubbish. Morally Ssemm is right, he paid for the caravan and the insurance I presume, but legally the merchant is in the right.'
The merchant in question was a halfling caravan leader called Ampy Dung and Fenrir went to see him. It was only a matter of 400 gold, so Fenrir got Ampy to hand over 200 gold and gave it to Ssemm.
So neither party happy, but neither party coming back round to Fenrir's door again so it was all to the good.
(For the record the 6 judges of Westgate are:
Rona Nylo - half-elf male - Good - Adept - Very wise
Duvamil 'Badger' the Proud - half-gnome - Aristocrat female - Lawful and Good - Not Wise and not clever
Darius Mendez - Paladin - - Lawful and Good - not clever
Rotrick Parsemen - Aristocrat - Lawful - not clever and not wise
Gniess the Dancer - Aristocrat - Dwarf - Chaotic and Good - clever, but not wise
Jenner Fields - half-orc female - Commoner - Neutral in all things - clever and wise
)
Fenrir spent the rest of the day finding out about Katheera Urdo, the next name on his list. She lived at Castle Urdo but could often be found at the Purple Lady.
Fenrir remembered the place as Random (back when he was pretending to be a merchant called Nebulus) had been based there, as had Fenrir for a few days.
It was a house full of expensive tarts, just the sort of place he liked.
That night, he, Veddic and Raz went there, in disguise. They got a table and mingled for a while, keeping their spending low key.
She was not there that night, but they did talk to a man called Degasus Tarensun who said he could arrange a meeting. He need to know Fenrir's name and the name of the target.
Fenrir gave his name as 'Barry Shit-Knees' and the target as 'Veddic Carver'!
Veddic (in disguise) sat bolt upright as he had not been informed of this part of the plan!
'Not an easy target,' said Tarensun, who had heard of Veddic. 'But come here again tomorrow and we can see what happens.'
DAY 484 (29th Kythorn)(June)
There was a minor dispute between the Tavern Keepers Guild and the Watchmen about how much free beer was an acceptable amount to ask for. Fenrir came down on the side if the Watchmen.
The main thing though was the Dock Ward.
'It's total rubbish!' declared Portia. 'Watchmen are being harassed in the street. Getting stones thrown at them by kids and stuff. It's still all about the death of Sweetpea.'
What Fenrir really wanted to do was go down there and burn it to the ground,
but he decided to think about it first.
He called in the three sheriffs and got three different opinions
"Crush them!", "Don't Crush Them!" and "I don't know!"
(For the record, the three sheriffs are:
- Rebeca Thorngage - Chaotic and Evil Fighter - Human female - dumb but tough (city)
- Eme the Stalwart - Lawful and Good human female - Athletic and wise (exterior)
- Kirken Jenelet - Neutral in all things warrior Half-orc male - tough, not clever (dock)
)
Kirken, who was sheriff of the Dockward also said, 'these things pass...'
So far he had been wrong about that though.
'What about the guilds? Can they not control their workers?' asked Fenrir
'Down there, only about a third of them work in the city,' explained Eme. 'The others are just the dregs. There are some sailors that live there, but they are mainly pirates.'
Fenrir sighed. Blasting the place to oblivion was still sounding like a viable plan.
Still, that evening he went, in disguise, to a few of the Dock Side taverns to see what people were saying.
He got into a conversation with two locals. One was a clerk and the other a stevedore.
'While I agree all this unrest is counter-productive' said the clever young clerk. 'Citizens of the city have rights. If someone is blown to bits, there should be questions asked. And now the person that did it is in charge of the Watch. How will Sweetpea ever get justice?'
'He was attacked,' said the disguised Fenrir, 'Was he not meant to defend himself?'
'Pah!' put in the stevedore. 'She was just trying to earn a few bob, like the rest of us. Sure she made a mistake, but from wot I heard, there was hardly anything left of her to bury! Bunch of wankers. One rule for us and one rule for them innit? A nobleman falls off his 'orse and bursts his head open - dead - his family go down the Temple, pay the money and he's back in the land of the living again. What about people like us though eh? Once we're dead we're dead and that's the end of it.'
Fenrir nodded along with the clerk. He was beginning to get the idea!
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