The Betrayal of Ridgewell

The Night Before
A tall, cloaked figure was seen leaving the front gates of Ridgewell Hold, heading east towards the dark forests of Duskwood. He was covered from head to toe in a dark blue cloak, a pipe peeping out from underneath his hood. He was being followed by a much smaller, shadowy figure. Aware of the situation, the cloaked figure steadied his pace as he arrived at the river between Westfall and Duskwood. He purposely made an ice path that lasted long enough for anyone that wished to follow could do so freely.

As he expected, the figure did indeed follow him. As the cloaked man walked deeper in the forest, his body shape and stature changed drastically becoming more human-like. He cast a few spells, revealing a cage with a young boy inside of it. The cloaked figure immediately turned around, revealing his human form to the figure that had followed him.

In the cage lied Richard Ridgewell, heir to the County of Goldcoast. A thirteen year-old boy that already seemed a victim of this betrayal. The cloaked figure called the person following him by their name, revealing them to be Glimi Sixpence of the 103rd Legion. Sixpence misspoke, calling the human-like man by the title she knew him as... Marshal.

Marshal Serpico Shar'adore stood tall once again in front of Glimi, ordering her to kill the boy for he had heard to much. After Glimi had refused to kill an innocent boy, the Marshal conjured an ice lance, jabbing it in the boy's throat. He walked to Glimi, crushing her Man-At-Arms insignia and demoting her to her former rank of Oathsworn. He returned to the body of the dead boy, incinerating all of the remains.

He put his hood back on, telling Glimi to tell the authorities. It would be her word versus a Marshal's after all.