Subj : Peace] Move 7
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From : mbottorff@sprintmail.com
Date : Sun Apr 15 2001 09:10 am

From: mbottorff@sprintmail.com (Michelle & Boyd Bottorff)
Subject: Peace] Move 7
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The remaining four of you (Edgar; John; Ger; and Jeffy, Earl of
Sniegrass) continue on to the west.  You make a hurried stop at the inn
Lyfun mentioned to you, getting food for a couple days, then continue
on.

Not long after that, you're surprised when the trail you're following
leads off the main road, down a pathway.  It's obviously fairly well
traveled, and well cleared-- more than enough room on it for a single
wagon, though not enough for two.  While not paved, ruts you encounter
have been filled in with rocks, and low sections of the road have been
built up to help drainage.

And Edgar thinks he knows this place.  If he's not mistaken, it's leads
to the estate of Yeats "Bearclaw" Asher, Duke of Fennlinn.  He's a
retired general in the army, had been an advisor for the last king, and
is generally not the type of person Edgar could picture stealing the
Sword of the kingdom.

It's a large estate, Edgar remembers, covering several miles in all
directions, with the main portion of the estate-- what the road runs
to-- being about a square mile, largely wooded, walled off with a
medium-sized (about 8-10 feet tall) wall running around it.  There's a
gatehouse where the road goes through the wall, plus a few other gates
around the perimeter, mostly where horse paths went through the wall.

The center of the estate, if it hasn't changed, has a medium-sized manor
house made of stone and wood, with ornamental gardens and other
nice-and-wealthy touches on three sides, and a large open expanse in the
front, possibly a good 100 yards worth.  Around the gardens and yard is
virgin forest. 

Slipping up to the front gatehouse, you can see that it looks a bit more
heavily guarded than would be normally expected.  Usually, there's a
couple guards by the gates, which are left open; right now there are
four guards you can see, and the gates are shut.  There is deep forest
all around on both sides of the gate.



[Side note:  all memebers of the group are still a bit tired-- you only
got four or five hours sleep.  You have horses, weapons, and food for a
couple days, but that's it right now.]

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