[IC] A Stolen Land

[DM Dougfan]

The night passes without much trouble.  Happs is the consummate professional, taking his turn at the watch and, despite the foreboding presence of Vidar, complains little and applies his keen sight to the wilderness outside.  There is no vengeful rejoinder from the bandits of the Stolen Lands.  Not this night, at least.  Oleg busies himself for a few hours working with some lumber to assemble a post board of sorts.  When he finishes, he attaches three...no, two pieces of paper to it.  The third he shows to the current holder of the watch, saying "Looks like it's already been completed.  I'll just send it along in the morning."  The paper looks like this:

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He then says "This will be our Bounty Board.  Anyone who passes through and has an odd job or two they need handled can feel free to post it here.  Anyone can complete these bounties.  This one here, for the bandits, seems to be by the Swordlords.  They're offering 400 gold pieces per head.  Well now...that IS a sum, isn't it?"  Oleg chuckles and thinks for a few moments before turning to you once more.  "Svetlana and I owe you fine folks our lives.  There is no way we could have resisted the bandit scum like you did and survived and we have not been having much success lately on the trading front.  It would not have been much longer before they decided to start taking payment out on us."  He pales at that thought a little.  "As a result, you are free to stay here as long as you like.  We will provide all the meals you wish.  If you wish to sell anything to the Post, I will gladly purchase what I can afford (Oleg will buy things at full price, if he can afford them, instead of the usual 20%).  The potions (two potions of CLW, one of Shield of Faith +2) in our stockroom are also yours to use.  We clearly won't have as much use for them as you could.  Thanks again."  He then turns in to finally have a peaceful night sleep with his wife for the first time in months.

The morning brings with it a fiery sun and a bright dawn.  Things are starting to look up for the folks at Oleg's Trading Post for several reasons.  The bandits have been cut down to size hard and there is a new group of personalities ready to face them down.  The wilderness yawns out before them, ready to show them why it has been so difficult to tame.

((It is the next morning.  All PCs are considered to have taken a full rest.  The reward for the completed bounty will be available in a week as it takes about that time for the message to reach Restov and then be answered.  I will have a post up about the Bounty Board™ as soon as I can.  For now, assume that there are two other bounties posted.))