**Marius**

**"Ach, some lass tol' me ye needed a hand er two. What' ye be needin?"**

Marius again turned around and saw another straggler who happened to wander in.  This man was unlike the others because he was one of the only ‘Shepherds’ who was actually around his age.  If Marius recalled the events of earlier that day, this was the man who made that crazy eye-patched girl take insanity to the nth degree.

“Oh, that ‘lass’ you must be referring to must have been Lady Thalia.  Yes, we indeed need all the hands that we can muster for this project.  Why don’t you go over there and help Rylan finish up the inventory?”  Marius pointed toward the unnaturally purple-haired myrmidon that had already began going through some supplies that Marius himself had not gotten to yet. "Help Rylan there record what we have so that we know what we need to purchase for the trip to Regna Ferox."

“By the way, I do not recall that you have told me your name yet?  From the sound of your accent, I guess that you do not originate from Ylisse.  I am Marius, a knight in the service of Ylisse.”