"Your choice ... if I knew of a "best time" to do anything with him, I'd have done it already. Good luck with your mission."
Search Posts
The scarred woman snorts, "The 'Palace' is nothing more than a ramshackle assembly of wooden boards and scrap metal much like this place. There's only the one entrance up the stairs on the walkway. There are some other doors on the outside but they lead to an unused storage shed ... used to keep weapons there, but the Lords of Rust confiscated the useable ones." "Other gangs or other Steel Hawk members? Some of the members may aid him, but most of the originals hate him as much as I do."
Still shaking her head in disbelief at Meyanda, Sevroth replies to Kovax, "Don't care how you kill him, just get it done. He is not one for routine but he hardly leaves the Hawk Palace, using his orcs and the return of the Hawks to tend to his whims." -Posted with Wayfinder
Sevroth, having just finished marking the Steel Hawks territory with a crude blue pen on your map, watches mouth agape at the exchange.
"Why haven't we attacked him? It's simple ... he's stronger than us and if we attacked and failed, the Lords of Rust would wipe us out. If you attack and fail, no one is the wiser to our involvement and I can await the next group who seems capable," she shrugs matter-of-factly. "Birdfood is in the Hawk Palace, here," she indicates the location on the map. "He generally has a half-dozen or more orcs with him, all planted by the Lords of Rust, not real Steel Hawks ... so feel free to kill them all. His hawks are the most dangerous piece of him, and he hates elves almost as much as his own human kind. He uses some magic, but mostly to augment himself. I'm not joking, he's a vicious bastard ... turncoat to us and the Smilers both." "I'll tell you all that I know about the gangs and the goings on here and will let you in and out of the gate as needed ... Meyanda's presence will be a problem for you, though if you wish to remain incognito. Odds are, at least one of my men has already sent note to a friend to capitalize on the bounty. I'd guess you don't get farther than 100 yards into Scrapwall before someone looks to cash in. Be wary."
Sevroth leads you into a small room made of metal panels and pieces of pipe. A crude wooden table and a pair of chairs sit in the middle of the room with a map of Scrapwall and some markers on it. Nearby sits a book of some sort with an inkpot next to it. Sevroth is quick and to the point, “I present a singular opportunity to benefit us all. My gang, the Steel Hawks, used to be the toughest gang in town before the Lords of Rust arrived, murdered our leader, and more recently, installed that @$$-f***ing Smiler, Birdfood, as our new commander," she grimaces, obviously rankled at this situation. "He's surrounded by orcs and is lethal with his bow and hawks, but if you get rid of Birdfood so I can take control of the remnants of the gang, I'll help you ... and even her ... however I can, since I'm pretty sure you're not here just to check out our breath-taking accommodations."
The woman smirks at Kovax but doesn't respond, "Killing Smilers, eh? Before you all run off, I have a proposition for you. Come join me inside here if you want to hear it out. Meyanda, too, since it looks more like she's following you then the other way around." She indicates the building she just came out of and shoos away a couple more guards who are inside. The first guard has come to his senses and is lowering the gate behind you all. |