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It is an early spring morning and the sun is still lingering behind the White mountains, currently warming up the realm of Gondor. But soon it will cast its rays of light on Rohan and our village as well. I have taken to rising early from bed, so I can train my mind and body in solitude, away from the judging eyes of my fellow villagers.
After a lengthy change and inspection of the new armor for the local guards, the captain himself decides to take out a small group of guards on a nightly patrol around Bancross.
This message will be delivered to you by my man, Ealdbriht, who you may recognise. He will confirm who he is by showing my token, and giving you the agreed password.
It started out as a normal day on the marketplace, until the captain of Bancross, Denholm, arrived with news. His announcements were as follows:
First announcement; The criminal known as Criba is, by order of the Thane Averel, hereby released from imprisonment. He is not to be harmed or confronted. However, the captain added by his own account, should the man cause trouble again, he would deal with it personally.
It was still early enough in the year for a single day to go through various seasons. It had been dull and dark to start with, then the sun had graced the heavens with a bright light until hailstones started falling from a sky rapidly turning as gray as the cloak of the wanderer, Gandalf Greyhame. The ravens in the field to the back took flight from the ground they had been striding over, and made for what shelter the trees offered.
It has come to my notice that you have in the garrison cell one minor offender of the name, Criba. His master has been asking after his whereabouts, and as the man holds particularly entertaining dinners, I do not want the action of one of my people to cause him offense.