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Warming up, the cart



The word was given by Twirks, the bandits and half orcs of Andrath had asked him to find them many weapons within a week. The bandit leader sent a message to Anriett and she told that to Fiontann, it was time for action, the two sent a message to the rest of the company and made their way to Bree to meet them. There they saw Sorunn, Yasmira and Sacal and after telling them of the news they all rode towards Andrath.
The sun had started going down when the four of them reached the outskirts of the fort, they tied the horses to a tree and made their plan. They would sneak from the left side, from the broken tower and continue onwards to take a good look, Sorunn would stay there and cover them with his arrows while the other three would continue deeper, past the guards, to take a look inside for the missing cart. Upon agreeing the plan they covered their faces to not draw attention in the dark and walked along the hill and towards the tower. Yasmira remained behind with the horses to cover their backs and inform Sorunn if something unexpected would happen and escape with the animals if needed be.
Going up the path and along the very small ledge was easy, they just had to stick to the wall or they would fall and once they reached the tower they looked into the fort. Two patrols and two guards could be seen from where they were, the patrols could be avoided easily, but one guard had to be taken out. Fiontann took the rope he brought with him and tied one edge on the broken wall, the other edge he drew down to the other ledge which was close to the ground. Fiontann went first, he walked backwards on the wall, holding the rope tightly and landed on the lower ledge, Anriett and Sacal followed and took cover at the corner of the ledge and the hill, away from the scarce light of the fires. To their left the guard was standing idly, not seeming to be looking anywhere in particular, but he had to be taken out, Anriett did her job well, she killed and laid him down on the ground silently and the three moved on, avoiding the patrol and the guard of the stairs to the right, the other guard was ontop of the stairs. It was time for the archer to do his part, Sacal signalled Sorunn as they had said and the man shot an arrow to the guard on the stairs. The three waited for him to hit the bandit but the arrow hit the wall next to him and disappeared in the dark, making the guard stand up and start walking down the stairs where he could see them, once again Anriett had to clean up. Without losing a moment she ran like the wind, up the stairs, and slashed against the man's chest, dropping him dead in her usual silent manner.
Below the group there were bandits and some half orcs, all around a fire, some sleeping and others drinking, one or two only were on their guard and in the distance, under the other side of the part of the wall the three were was something strange, it seemed big and covered with a rugged sheet. Anriett saw it and all three thought that it looked like a cart, maybe the cart they were there to get. They had to see, but for that they had to get to close to the bandits, so the best thing they thought of was to act... if it was it they would take it out of the fort, if not they would try to leave as safe as possible, despite the risky plan. Sacal signed to Sorunn once again so that he would start a fire somewhere and the man started it where he was, making almost the whole fort run after him and as for his blood.
Only a few ones were now left and the three had to fight to get to the spot which they did, luckily it was the cart.  When Sorunn started the fire and the bandits ran after him Anriett went near the entrance and found two horses, the two men, FIontann and Sacal, were fighting and she arrived with them. The men killed the brigands and tied the cart to the horses and started running out of the fort. On the way out an arrow hit Anriett, it mostly grazed her shoulder and the three managed to get to Staddle to hide the cart till they would meet Twirks and tell him of the news...