1st Day of Spring 516AV
The mountains were getting steaper as she headed towards Lhavit. She felt her forehead for the hundredth time, it was hot- She was coming down with something. She needed to get to Lhavit, and fast. But she was still a days march away. She needed to hunt and set up for the night. Her horse seemed to agree as he refused to move any further just in that moment. There was no use arguing with a tired Alo.
Her feet crunched under snow as she lead the plae white horse to a clump of trees where he would be hidden, and set about setting up camp. The sun was licking at the horizon now. She looked up at it disapprovingly and swore under her breath. She was running out of light. She had an hour to hunt and kill her dinner, or that was a night going hingry. She took anything valuble with her in a small saddle bag and grabbed her longbow, wasting no more time. It’d be troublesome setting up tent in the darkness but it’d be much less dangerous that running out of light while hunting. If she could find something big, she’d be happy.
She didn’t dare stray far from her horse, but tried to stay still and quiet. She wiped the sweat off her brow. Her vision was starting to swim but she shook her head, remaining focused. She closed her eyes and listened to the sounds around her. When she heard scuffliling behind her the hairs on the back of her neck stood up and she spun around slowly. It sounded small, like a rabbit, but anything was acceptable at this point. She couldn’t see the creature but there were places it could be hiding. She stepped forward until she heard the noise again and stopped dead. As she stalked it, she had no idea something stalked her. Lemma was being tailed, she had been watched for half the day now unknowingly walking into an ambush.
It all happened very quickly. She drew on the rabbit and then she felt a shove behing her and lost her balance. She let out a yell of supprise and tumbled down a small incline of snow where she bumped into feet at the bottom. Two... maybe three men, in grey snowy cloaks, all snarling and smirking like animals “What yer doing so far out of the citers ‘ere girly” The spat in rough common tongue. There was a pounding in Lemmas head, she must have hit it in the fall. She tried to scramble to her feet, stabbing one of them with the tip of one of her arrows. This only succeeded in making him angry. Bandits, way out here? Of all things! If she could get away should could turn and shoot but she didn’t have a blade or any real unarmed combat skill. The man she’d stabbed kicked her and she cried out and fell back again “Petch, I’ll give you my money okay, leave me alone!”
“We want yer horse too”
Panic spread over her face. She needed that horse, how else would she make it? She was running out of options. She needed a distraction so she could get away.
The mountains were getting steaper as she headed towards Lhavit. She felt her forehead for the hundredth time, it was hot- She was coming down with something. She needed to get to Lhavit, and fast. But she was still a days march away. She needed to hunt and set up for the night. Her horse seemed to agree as he refused to move any further just in that moment. There was no use arguing with a tired Alo.
Her feet crunched under snow as she lead the plae white horse to a clump of trees where he would be hidden, and set about setting up camp. The sun was licking at the horizon now. She looked up at it disapprovingly and swore under her breath. She was running out of light. She had an hour to hunt and kill her dinner, or that was a night going hingry. She took anything valuble with her in a small saddle bag and grabbed her longbow, wasting no more time. It’d be troublesome setting up tent in the darkness but it’d be much less dangerous that running out of light while hunting. If she could find something big, she’d be happy.
She didn’t dare stray far from her horse, but tried to stay still and quiet. She wiped the sweat off her brow. Her vision was starting to swim but she shook her head, remaining focused. She closed her eyes and listened to the sounds around her. When she heard scuffliling behind her the hairs on the back of her neck stood up and she spun around slowly. It sounded small, like a rabbit, but anything was acceptable at this point. She couldn’t see the creature but there were places it could be hiding. She stepped forward until she heard the noise again and stopped dead. As she stalked it, she had no idea something stalked her. Lemma was being tailed, she had been watched for half the day now unknowingly walking into an ambush.
It all happened very quickly. She drew on the rabbit and then she felt a shove behing her and lost her balance. She let out a yell of supprise and tumbled down a small incline of snow where she bumped into feet at the bottom. Two... maybe three men, in grey snowy cloaks, all snarling and smirking like animals “What yer doing so far out of the citers ‘ere girly” The spat in rough common tongue. There was a pounding in Lemmas head, she must have hit it in the fall. She tried to scramble to her feet, stabbing one of them with the tip of one of her arrows. This only succeeded in making him angry. Bandits, way out here? Of all things! If she could get away should could turn and shoot but she didn’t have a blade or any real unarmed combat skill. The man she’d stabbed kicked her and she cried out and fell back again “Petch, I’ll give you my money okay, leave me alone!”
“We want yer horse too”
Panic spread over her face. She needed that horse, how else would she make it? She was running out of options. She needed a distraction so she could get away.