Who Is Ironias: Fact Or Fiction?

In the morning Ironias bought breakfast and gathered his supply’s on his new horse. As he set out for the keep Ironias consulted his map. The map showed a direct route to the keep but it also showed a longer winding highway which passed close to the keep. Deciding upon the direct route he set off at a quick pace which his mount could maintain for several hours. After a few minutes he started to doze off. He jerked awake at the crack of a crossbow. That action saved his life. Where his head had been a few seconds earlier an arrow sliced through the air embedding itself into a tree. Instantly awake he spurred his horse into a gallop after a few more hasty shots his would be assassins gave up. Ironias wondered why there would be bandits as he …show more content…
During the night he was awoken by some sort of sixth sense. Slowly and silently, as to not give away his position he scanned the forest for possible danger. As he did so a hooded figure crept around the edges of the firelight. As he watched, the man silently produced a small gleaming knife from the folds of his cloak. The man stealthily crept toward Ironias’ armor which was propped against his tree as though he had fallen asleep while on watch. Ironias unsheathed his sword and prepared to drop onto the man who was sneaking toward his armor. The man snuck toward a tree with great resemblance to a prowling cat. The man stabbed the armor right at the gap where his neck would have been and the armor crumbled. Ironias dropped like a bag of bricks onto the surprised assassin. The man rolled backwards with surprising agility for someone who was surely stiff from crouching so long. The man threw the knife which missed Ironias by inches as he dropped to the ground. When he rose to his feet, the man was gone and the only evidence that he had ever been there was the knife transfixed into the tree and the pile of