Maela felt the wagon lurch to a halt. She couldn’t see anything, but as the noise from the wagon wheels hitting cobblestones ceased, she could hear the distant murmur of voices and occasionally a shout. The plan was for them to make it to the docks near the Golden Triangle, where they would find a boat to take them across the river.
A landing on the Old Quarter side of the river was against the law. As a result, the three of them had to somehow convince the captain to make the trip. Maela assumed that meant violence of some sort.
The wagon started moving again. The jolts of the cobblestones and the clattering of the wagon wheels was the only company as Maela, Alard, and Raef crouched under bolts of material. The three of them were dressed in …show more content…
Maela stared across the small river that fed the Great River. The lush colors and trees of the Golden Triangle filled her vision. The Golden Triangle was a gorgeous park that stood at the spot where the North Fork met the Great River. You had to cross Trader’s Bridge and enter the wealthy Upper Triangle to get to the beautiful park, and while every citizen of Ness was presumably welcome to do so, the reality was that anyone that didn’t live in the Upper Triangle was shadowed and harassed by a special contingent of Knight Protectors who cleared out the riffraff.
Maela hated those that lived in the Upper Triangle. Her goal was to loot all their money and give it to those in the Old Quarter.
Their short walk ended amidst mostly empty docks. There was one boat that was still moored there, and its captain appeared to be working on cleaning a spare sail. “Hail, Merchant.” Alard strode forward. “The three of us need to get to the Silo District. Are you for hire?”
The man looked at Alard, who towered over him and whose face was lost in the shadow of his hood. “Tough trip upstream with the weak
A landing on the Old Quarter side of the river was against the law. As a result, the three of them had to somehow convince the captain to make the trip. Maela assumed that meant violence of some sort.
The wagon started moving again. The jolts of the cobblestones and the clattering of the wagon wheels was the only company as Maela, Alard, and Raef crouched under bolts of material. The three of them were dressed in …show more content…
Maela stared across the small river that fed the Great River. The lush colors and trees of the Golden Triangle filled her vision. The Golden Triangle was a gorgeous park that stood at the spot where the North Fork met the Great River. You had to cross Trader’s Bridge and enter the wealthy Upper Triangle to get to the beautiful park, and while every citizen of Ness was presumably welcome to do so, the reality was that anyone that didn’t live in the Upper Triangle was shadowed and harassed by a special contingent of Knight Protectors who cleared out the riffraff.
Maela hated those that lived in the Upper Triangle. Her goal was to loot all their money and give it to those in the Old Quarter.
Their short walk ended amidst mostly empty docks. There was one boat that was still moored there, and its captain appeared to be working on cleaning a spare sail. “Hail, Merchant.” Alard strode forward. “The three of us need to get to the Silo District. Are you for hire?”
The man looked at Alard, who towered over him and whose face was lost in the shadow of his hood. “Tough trip upstream with the weak