[IC] A Stolen Land

[DM Dougfan]

Vidar turns to his brother, in Skald he says, "I do not trust this coward. He says we should not go after his boss because she outnumbers us yet we have only three days before she comes to us.  There must be other settlers out here that they prey upon. If we could find them and protect their homes then Kressle will have to investigate all these places, weakening her forces. I say we move out now and not make it any easier on Kressle."


..."Happs, I do not like you. You stink of cowardice. Maybe that is why you play lap-dog to this Kressle and bend to her will, robbing from hard working people instead of defending them." Vidar lays into Happs in his heavy accent, his apathy apparently appreciated was not by Vidar.  Besides, he wanted to get a rise out of Happs. "Master Oleg, do you have a map of these lands?" Vidar calls out to Oleg, something on his mind. He begins to ask a series of questions one by one. (I hope someone has a map)
"Show us where Kressle's camp is on this map."
"Where does she send patrols?"
" Are there any other hideouts she has?"
"Who else does your band of robbers steal from? Where are they?"
"Are you willing to steal back from Kressle what she has stolen and give it back to the people?"

"You know...I really don't think you truly appreciate the gravity of your position here.  True, you beat up myself and a gang of thugs, but that gives you nothing in terms of intelligence.  You managed to take the smartest one alive, which is a credit to those smarter than you, but now you are threatening me, mocking me, challenging me to tell you things I may or may not know.  A smarter leader might be a bit more...diplomatic to someone like me, make me a bit more forthright in giving you the information you seek.  As it turns out, I know a few of the answers you seek, but nothing of the rest.  But you won't get much from me by bullying me into speaking.  Unless you want false information, that is.  And don't bother threatening my life anymore.  I know for a fact that it'll get you nowhere fast in terms of getting the answers you want.  So you don't like me.  I don't give a rat's ass, meat-sack.  I'm not talking to you or anyone else who doesn't show me some simple decency."

((  Vidar, while your Intimidate check was phenomenal, I've always been of the opinion that words are important.  And you can't have a bad cop without a good cop.))