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SIR BLANDAMOUR (The party all pitch in to make camp. Galadria makes a tasty stew from some beef that a local farmer sold her. Just as they are setting dowen to eat, a rider is spotted, and all rush for their weapons. He turns out to be a messenger of Beresfor, King of the Peaks)
MESSENGER "I say, you don't have any of that stew to spare, do you. I'm supposed to be riding posthaste to the town of Berias with this message, but the King won't know if I just stop for a bite, will he?" (Sees Verlornen) "By Tyr, it's the Princess! You were captive of the dragon by all accounts, dead by some. Glad I am to be able to refute the rumor-mongering. Do you remember me, ma'am? Colter I am. I held the horse when you first learned to ride. Yopu...you won't tell your father about this, me stopping to eat, will you, ma'am? He's a hard man, your father, and getting harder. Here, you had better see my message." (He gives her a scroll, with her father's seal, saying, King Berefor of the Peaks has had his greatest treasure stolen! His vase, called "Peace of Mind," has been stolen by some base thief. Reward for finding it and its safe return to His Majesty, 200,000 gold.
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