Demonsub is Five Leagues From The Borderlands

Already low on coin the mood was bad with the group. Hands had gotten into a fight with an off duty soldier which meant he’d had to pay recompense of a gold mark then the landlord decided to put the price of their room at the tavern which they could afford, so everyone had to find shelter where they could. Gregnil the dwarf, already injured, was ready to leave, and was only persuaded to stay with the group by taking him to the healing house and getting him patched up, which cost the party’s last gold coin.

There was nothing for it but to see what odd jobs were available around town. Dar managed to find work chopping wood but only managed to make a single mark.

A few days later Kremmel announced that he had found work. They were to patrol the roads a few miles around town as there had been talk of a local robber band “persuading people to pay their tax” hired by a local baron.

The main objective was to take out the leader. There was also an unknown quantity of thieves some way off but approaching, so things would have to be done quickly.

As the warband moved across towards the leader various shots and bolts were exchanged but all missed.

Finally one of Petra’s shots hit, only wounding the thief next to the leader. With this distraction, supported by Hands, Dar charged forward and engaged the leader. Blows were exchanged until finally Dar managed to wound the leader but received a wound himself. This leader was tough.

With arrows flying back and forth the rest of the warband moved forward, except Gregnil, who took shelter by a tree aiming his bow.

Suddenly a nearby thief rushed in slashing with his knife wounding Dar and taking him out of action.

Most of the rest of the warband jumped on the offending thief but he managed to escape.

Near Gregnil a thief got close enough to charge, wounding Gregnil before dying himself. Gregnil then took a bolt to the knee and was out of the fight.

Petra was now out of ammo and can only watch on as first Hands then Kiri attacked the thief leader, with Hands suffering a wound and Kiri collapsing to the ground with a nasty gash.

Two more thieves arrived and entered the battle while the others moved up. Great, reinforcements. Petra charged the wounded thief near the leader and killed him. Taking his chance to eliminate the leader, who is now by himself Kremmel and Hands both charged but again somehow the leader managed to defend himself. 

Petra then charged the leader, finally killing him. Objective achieved.

A bolt suddenly appeared in Hands taking him down then the two thieves which had recently arrived attacked Kremmel taking him out.

Petra was now by herself facing off with the two fresh thieves and two crossbowmen. It didn’t look good. 

But luck had turned, seeing the leader go down was too much for one of the crossbowmen and he turned tail and fled.

Both thieves charged and Petra killed them both. This was enough for the last crossbowman who fled after his companion. Victory!

Petra helped the others lick and heal their wounds. Most were light wounds, but bad enough that some would heal only after a few weeks, while Kiri was more severely wounded and needed the last remaining silvertree leaf to staunch the flow of blood. She’ll be out and resting up for the next month.

Looking over the battlefield a single gold mark was found along with a potion Kremmel identified as a ferret’s drink, something that would make you quicker for a time. There was also a fine looking warhammer which the group took.

On the way back to town Dar was chatting on how he was starting to read the battle more clearly while Gregnil felt he was getting quicker at making decisions in the heat of battle.

Back at Hillsend news reached the group that a village to the south east called Tidemouth was badly in need of supplies. If the adventurers could assist they would have their stay in Tidemouth paid for, for a whole week, not to mention their reputation which would go up.