I built a fortification in preparation for wargames as part of my Watchman trials. At 8:00 PM I called for a line up, but only three of Cove's finest presented themselves:
Guardsman Recruit Beregoth
Commodore Arma Renox
Regular Guardsman Jack Sinist
Seeing the low turnout, I changed the mission into a sentry in order to make use of the already built fortification.
Recruit Beregoth had the odd notion that he had completed his service as a recruit and said he wanted to be a civilian again. Sinist told the recruit that he was in for life, which made Beregoth less than happy. Nevertheless, Beregoth was made to line up.
We made our way to the fortification that I had built near the border with Vesper. On the way to the fortification we encountered a couple of hostile monsters. I ordered the men to arm up, but the recruit raised his arms in the air instead of getting a weapon in hand. I ordered a charge on a troll, and the recruit just stood there with his arms up in the air. Beregoth is in dire need of a recruit cadre.
We manned the fortification for a short while, keeping an eye out for pandas and Vesperians. Seeing that all was tranquil, I asked Sinist to lead a short scouting patrol to the border with Vesper in hopes that we could capture one of the filthy Vesperian wytches.
Sinist made excellent use of cover to keep us from being spotted by the Vesper townies. We spotted no good targets, so we returned to the fortification. It was at the fortification that the recruit played a trick on us. Beregoth yelled "Look behind you!", and as we turned to see what was behind us, he legged it out of the fortification.
Beregoth dropped pieces of his Covian armor as he fled in hopes to run quicker, but the Commodore managed to detain him in the woods. Sinist ordered the recruit shackled and taken to the jail. Beregoth resisted and had to be dragged back to the barracks.
When we reached the barracks we were stopped by Godfrey the Templar. When he learned that the recruit had tried to desert the ranks, Sir Godfrey asked us to take the recruit to the Church and that he would personally see to the recruit there. We did as ordered and took positions outside the Church to guard it.
As we guarded the Church, we were attacked without warning by two Kaldoran archers. The Commodore fell first and I was knocked unconscious right after.
- Watchman Jakob D'Stoke.
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