Rising Sun: Issue 5

The Memory of Haakon

48

You are around three-fourths of the way up when suddenly shouts erupt from the streets below you. You have not ascended the wall quickly enough and a routine patrol has spotted you. Yelling at you that if you do not come down at once they will be forced to shoot you down, the guards unsling their crossbows and begin firing. You are not able to move in an agile movement on such a tough climbing surface and thus must grit your teeth and focus on your goal.

As a shaft buries itself in one of your calves you almost scream in pain, but you are the Chosen of Naar, and such an act is not befitting one of your station. Instead you continue upwards until you are able to reach the top. Once there, you remove the quarrel from your calf with a short grunt. You lose 4 ENDURANCE points from this wounding. You then stealthily sneak your way through the halls of the palace, donning a spare uniform of the Palace guard that you found on your way. Soon you have found the area where the Itikars are kept.

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