“Don’t worry child, everything will turn out alright. Which was why whenever the meetings between the so-called Sons of Sterges started she spent the night looking over her shoulder expecting this would be the night the Legion would come for her.īut even that wasn’t why she was so nervous. When the Empire catches a traitor, they don’t just hang them, they hang everyone connected to them. No, what had her concerned was that the person responsible for it had been frequenting the bar and using it to recruit people to fight in a rebellion. Not that Elise cared much, as far as she was concerned the woman had it coming. Only to then to be chased out of the place by her father.Įlise was nervous with the tension in the city following the assassination of the Governess of Summerholm. The air itself was stale with the stench of sweat, ale, and piss as some relived themselves in a corner. The tavern, The Lost Crown was strangely loud with what little people were left drinking within. Elise had been brushing the same spot on the floor for the past fifteen minutes.
