Re: Brushfires and Blades (ranger and Ubberific) GMed by Courage Wolf
And here in the dark, the hallmark of thieves, assassins, and smugglers, did the map reveal it's purpose. The lines that were hashed across the map didn't make any sense until Emi learned that this tunnel network was here and stood within it. It was the work of years, it had to be, people stolen away quietly in the night until something had changed. The two routes broke into a dozen, 7 to the left, 5 to the right. The path to the right curved back into the town and gave access to every strong tactical point in the village to anyone with the will to act on them, which had been why a few men armed with bows and knives had managed to take an entire village so quickly, the poor people had never stood any kind of chance.
The other path led to another village, all except for one, which continued off the map, and could only be one thing, a shipping route. If there was any clue as to where everyone had been taken, it was that one path that made no sense in any combative tactical way, and it stood out to Emi like a sore thumb, heading south for miles before dropping off the map. The sheer scale of what they had found was mindblowing for a moment and took even longer to fully absorb. There were most certainly more men down here, probably product of a thousand different varieties including people, and only one route to take it all. This was more then simple theft and slavery.
