{"id":1584,"date":"2018-02-07T18:49:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T23:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2018-02-07T18:49:42","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T23:49:42","slug":"quill-suspicion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=1584","title":{"rendered":"Quill – Suspicion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scenario<\/em> – The<\/em> King<\/em>
\nCharacter<\/em> – The<\/em> Knight<\/em>
\nSkill<\/em> – Inspiration<\/em><\/p>\n

To His Majesty King Gerald, Master of the Independent State of Prian,<\/p>\n

Please forgive me for writing you, Gerald<\/strong>, and not one of your underlings. This is a matter of importance. It will not wait to be passed along by bureaucrats who will only do so when it they can gain some advantage from it. I hope that the fact that we have met face to face will excuse my directness. You and I spoke for a moment at the Lights Festival three years past, when you commented on my horse\u2019s grooming. I do not mean to insult with over-friendliness after such a brief encounter, but I have seen something frankly<\/strong>\u00a0alarming<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I was on my way to patronize my blacksmith<\/strong> yesterday evening. The path from my estate into the city leads down from the fields and along the farm fences of some half-dozen of my peers. I have ridden this path scores of times. I recognize every building, every rick, the children of every farmer. As I passed the weather<\/strong>–worn<\/strong> barn<\/strong> that belongs to the Ninstock family, I saw something I did not recognize.<\/p>\n

Just inside the door there was a funny<\/strong> hooded<\/strong> man<\/strong> crouching over something. The first thing I noticed was that he was a dreadful<\/strong> big<\/strong> bloke<\/strong>. I\u2019m not one who looks for a fight, but if one finds me I prefer it to be over quick, and I\u2019ve no need to prove myself by squaring off against some giant.<\/p>\n

I leapt my horse over the stile and rode up to the barn door. A lot of times just the sight of an able man on horseback is enough to scare off any vagrants or bad-doers. This fellow, though, just straightens up and looks at me. This gave me a good look at the blighter\u2019s face, which might be useful. He\u2019s got a deeply<\/strong> buggered<\/strong> face<\/strong>, all scars and burns. Out of that messed-up skin he still managed grow a furry<\/strong> lip<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

He grins at me and tries to run past me. He\u2019s a fast one, but I manage to get hold of his cloak as he darts past me. To my shame, I lost him in the fields. I thought he might have been some thief, but I found sneakily<\/strong> hidden<\/strong> in a pocket of the cloak a bottle of what I think must be some<\/strong> evil<\/strong> poison<\/strong>! I knew then he must have been an assassin on his way into the city to kill you. Who else would carry such a thing? I wrote you straight away. Please heed my warning and set your guards looking for a man of that description for your safety.<\/p>\n

Your loyal knight,<\/p>\n

Sir Antoine de Feuille<\/p>\n

Result: The King does not respond. Several days after Antoine sent his letter, he is visited by the royal guard and brought to prison for his disrespectful letter.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scenario – The King Character – The Knight Skill – Inspiration To His Majesty King Gerald, Master of the Independent State of Prian, Please forgive me for writing you, Gerald, and not one of your underlings. This is a matter of importance. It will not wait to be passed along by bureaucrats who will only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quill","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1585,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions\/1585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}