Mobilizing (part 1)

Two men were talking at a table in a tavern. They talked about the increasing attacks in villages further west of Bluewind.

Then a hooded man approached them with two large mugs of beer. "Can I join you, friends?"

It was common for mercenaries and adventurers to be hooded, so the two men at the table happily accepted the drinks. The man took off his hood, revealing an ordinary face and started talking to the two friends.

"Friends, did you hear about the king's atrocities?" The hooded man caught the attention of the two friends. Few people knew that the King had died because Ron's spies and Lucien's women had stopped most of the King's loyal guards from leaving the castle.

"The King? I think he was always a good King..." The friends were unaware of the King's atrocities. Bluewind's situation only got worse, but everyone knew that they lost Portgreen's support after Queen Cassidy lost the crown.