(depends on exactly how far into negatives she is, but theoretically if she’s not that far and you succeeded at Treat Deadly Wounds she might)
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“Well, you’re going to have to wait for her to wake up for that.”
(He is trying not to sound accusatory, and even mostly succeeding!)
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(we might want to wait for amelia so their character (who is the Lawful Good) has a bit of a stake here)
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(yeah that seems like a Good Call ™)
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(Down to call for the night)
(We did it!)
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(…what did you do in that fight again?)
(this is bm)
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he stopped Random Guy from running off with Kamilla’s body
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right by standing there
“By the Gods, Sten… Do you really think Vin would be able to live without you?” Arius, still sitting, moves himself over to lean on the nearest wall.
“What were you planning to do with Kamilla if she were to get hurt while she escapes? Suppose you get what you want, and take the fall. What then?”
((*checks notes*))
((Question: How many children does Sten the Younger have? I know of Vin, Kamilla, and Tanna, but Vin being the youngest son usually implies he has at least one other son.))
He has three living children (the three you named) – Kamilla is 25, Tanna is 19, and Vin is 15. He also has five children dead of various causes; Willem, the oldest, would be 31 if he were alive today (and is generally believed to have died in battle, though the group in Raven’s Nest has reason to doubt that story), the next two (Sten the Youngest and Vin*) both died very young of plague, Kamilla is next, then two more kids who died of plague, then Vin.
People referring to Vin (the living one) as his youngest son are probably thinking of Willem, who was old enough to be a Member Of The Community; people referring to him as just the “youngest” might also be thinking of his living older sisters.
* Yes, he has the same name as the living Vin. This is weirdly common! At least it’s not as bad as the people giving living kids the same name!
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“Then at least my children would be alive, even if I wasn’t.”
“…Vin might need some help from his sisters.”
“Dad!”
Arius doesn’t know if the father of three is acting stupid or genuinely so desperate to not lose another child that he lost his sanity.
“Kamilla is on the run. If the militia finds her, then they would know she killed the ex-magister. Don’t bother trying to convince me she’s innocent; you wouldn’t be acting like this if she was.”
Arius looks up at the ceiling. “If she escapes… then what? It might take a while to find a person of cloth that knows truth spells, but she can’t hide forever. Not without leaving you all behind.”
[Moment of pause.]
Having lost some braincells himself, Arius touched the place where Sten attacked him, and to no-one’s surprise: Fresh wounds -even after being healed by magic- still hurt.
He takes in a sharp breath, before complaining to his assailant. “Ye Gods, Sten! Why did you have to attack me as well!? I was trying to help you!”
Arius isn’t genuinely angry at Sten, though he is definitely upset about the sudden attack.
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Sten winces sympathetically. “You have my apologies. You had me surrounded, and when it came to blows… I didn’t think you’d turn that sword on your companions, and I didn’t want to risk you turning it on me or my family.”
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(I definitely wouldn’t have gone against the militia, let alone drawn my sword in that situation …I should probably keep this thought for myself though.)
With a groan, Arius stands up and heads out to exit the forge. Before he does, he whispers to Sten: “I will see what I can do for you.”
He tells Vin to stay with his father, and chases after the tracks made by the four individuals who chased after Kamilla.
((I will take a 10 or 20 to follow the trails. It shouldn’t matter that much for what I’m about to do with Arius.))
However, once he arrives at Tamila’s place and sees the signs of hoofprints, he stops his chase.
((IDK what I have to roll to have Arius correctly guess what happened here, but that’s what I’m rolling for. If Arius fails to understand, then I’ll have him talk with Tamila and her husband for a recap.))
@discobot roll 1d20
16
((I’ll assume Arius gets the gist of the story: Daughter ran away with horse; pursuers chase after horse. If not, then he’d get the same story from Tamila anyway; I only rolled to avoid interacting with them.))
“…” Without approaching the family, Arius heads back to the tavern, and takes a rest (by sleeping) after eating brunch.
(Well… There is only so much I can do for Sten.)
The pursuers will either catch up to Kamilla and apprehend her, or Kamilla will flee successfully. Technically there is also the possibility the blacksmith’s daughter dies during her pursuit, but that is not an idea Arius is willing to entertain.
Regardless of whatever result will come from this event, it is highly unlikely that Arius would be able to catch up with the four pursuers and have any meaningful action that could improve Kamilla’s situation.
Instead of wasting the time and energy going after Kamilla, he has judged that it would be much more efficient to rest and recover from his injuries, as he would likely hear the outcome of today’s chase by either tomorrow or overmorrow.
…For some reason, when you get to Tamila’s house, all the shutters are closed, and someone has wedged the door shut from the inside with a piece of furniture? It’s not clear why that happened, but you can find the previously-noted small footprints leading up to the house, then away to the fields, another set of footprints also leading from the forge to Tamila’s to the fields, and then three more sets of footprints (Wanderer’s among them) that don’t quite make it all the way to Tamila’s house before joining the second set of footprints. There are points where the footprints show greater pressure on the toes and the balls of the feet, suggesting that they were running for at least part of the time.
(I think inferring the whole story just from that would be pretty challenging, but you can definitely figure out that Kamilla went to the fields to get the horse, and the others followed after her).
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“Wow!” says Yamyra chipperly, looking over your injuries. “Did you get into a fight with giant spiders too? I hear they’ve been menacing people.”
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((Yeah, this would be enough. Arius is ‘standing’ at 1 HP; He ain’t even capable of defending himself from a falling pebble at this state.))
“No…” Arius says defeated. “I got hit by Sten the Younger in the midst of a confusing time. You will probably hear more details from Leta soon.”
((…wasn’t Arius one-shot by a ‘cleaving’ hammer? Additionally, wasn’t Arius healed by Wanderer? What -visible- injuries does this walking 1 HP stickman have?))