Gary^The^Procrastinator
The Hostile Invite, CCCX Ill Advised Journey 1
A lot of firsts here for me:
- 1st Castle Lego MOC, ever; 1st large-scale landscaping; 1st entry in an online contest :)
Special thanks to Mark of Falworth for encouragement to join in the fray!
Backstory:
The old ruined guard tower of Shay’s Bend stood before Sir Caelan Munro as he looked up the narrow pass leading into the Dragonscale Mountains. Farmer Madeg’s prize milk cows stood staring at him dully while chewing their feed.
“Helmet please,” the young knight said to Sholto his new squire. Before the boy could reach for it though Tavish the archer stopped him.
“You’re not thinking of going in there are you?” Tavish shook his head, “Ill-advised. Can’t you see this is an ambush? That feed’s been placed there to get the cows to stay as bait.”
“I wouldn’t dream of turning down this auspicious invitation,” Caelan smirked. They had been tracking the outlaws for days after the cattle raid on Madeg’s village. The outlaws had been heading here for the pass, which had plenty of hideouts in it and allowed for the occasional victim using the route.
“It’s a hornets nest,” Tavish reasoned. “Look, we already got most of the herd back and even brought a few of the raiders to justice on top of that. Let’s at least do some planning here first.”
“I have planned. To put my helmet on and walk in there...to negotiate.”
“Ach!” Tavish knocked an arrow and stated, “The negotiations’ll be short. These cows aren’t worth dyin’ over ya know.”
“Farmer Madeg needs his prize cows,” Caelan joked as he reached for his helmet. But more than recovering the cows was on his mind. He wanted to prove himself to his older brothers, to Madeg’s village, and to himself. And there was always the possibility that his enemy, Borak Feroz, his father’s killer, was in there. And that was all the bait required, ill-advised or not…
The Hostile Invite, CCCX Ill Advised Journey 1
A lot of firsts here for me:
- 1st Castle Lego MOC, ever; 1st large-scale landscaping; 1st entry in an online contest :)
Special thanks to Mark of Falworth for encouragement to join in the fray!
Backstory:
The old ruined guard tower of Shay’s Bend stood before Sir Caelan Munro as he looked up the narrow pass leading into the Dragonscale Mountains. Farmer Madeg’s prize milk cows stood staring at him dully while chewing their feed.
“Helmet please,” the young knight said to Sholto his new squire. Before the boy could reach for it though Tavish the archer stopped him.
“You’re not thinking of going in there are you?” Tavish shook his head, “Ill-advised. Can’t you see this is an ambush? That feed’s been placed there to get the cows to stay as bait.”
“I wouldn’t dream of turning down this auspicious invitation,” Caelan smirked. They had been tracking the outlaws for days after the cattle raid on Madeg’s village. The outlaws had been heading here for the pass, which had plenty of hideouts in it and allowed for the occasional victim using the route.
“It’s a hornets nest,” Tavish reasoned. “Look, we already got most of the herd back and even brought a few of the raiders to justice on top of that. Let’s at least do some planning here first.”
“I have planned. To put my helmet on and walk in there...to negotiate.”
“Ach!” Tavish knocked an arrow and stated, “The negotiations’ll be short. These cows aren’t worth dyin’ over ya know.”
“Farmer Madeg needs his prize cows,” Caelan joked as he reached for his helmet. But more than recovering the cows was on his mind. He wanted to prove himself to his older brothers, to Madeg’s village, and to himself. And there was always the possibility that his enemy, Borak Feroz, his father’s killer, was in there. And that was all the bait required, ill-advised or not…