[center][img]https://i.gyazo.com/6deb0dab1fd9b7c529bf79b16bc5bb21.png[/img][color=cccccc][sub]Each Square roughly 10ft, not perfect to scale[/sub][/color]
[h3]Old Fort[/h3][/center]

[@Shovel] Buford approaches the Old Fort. Towards the Main Entrance, the Eastern Gatehouse, you spy an inn and two other buildings. You take a longer route along a dirt path, that curves the circumference of the fort, a far way down the hill. As you approach the Blink River, you climb up towards the awaiting gatehouse.

The thick, timber doors loom before you. No one is watching at the battlements, where you spy a balista pointing out from the walkway.

No one answers your calls...
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[@Duthguy] Irene knows nothing about the old fort, and Flint is silent as usual. You don't think he's ever left the edges of the village, and Irene spends more time in the woods then in civilisation.

Old Man Smith pipes up:
[indent][color=cccccc]"Been a long ass time since I've been this way. The fort still looks the same from what I can see though. In my time we had far, far more soldiers then the looks now - why, 25,000 and more of us called this here keep home, and that doesn't even count the horsemen. Shoved us in like sardines and worked us hard, mind you. The smell - I remember the smell most of all. They ended up building a bathhouse for us real quick like..."[/color][/indent] You try to get him back on topic a bit, but he ends up reminiscing about smelly socks for a while.

Wily Natters is never short of things to say:
[indent][color=cccccc]"The merchant's forum is on the East gate. Quite a busy little area too, with a comfortable enough inn (I suppose, I mean, it's quite good for this area, but there are certainly better ones) and a bathhouse. They don't let anyone but the military use the North and South gates anymore, no idea why."[/color][/indent]
His eye is twinkling, and he leans in closer to you.

[indent][color=cccccc]"Well, nevermind all that. What *I'm* really interested in is that the Commander here is offering a big gold reward for a little nitty gritty work. Protecting the surrounding countryside or some such - I forget the details. But right up our alley, surely? After all, we're here to save the village... might as well get a wage for our work."[/color] He wiggles his eyebrows, his charm barely hiding his greed.[/indent]

[@Duthguy][@Shovel]
[color=gold]Quest Updated - The Old Fort: Investigate the rumour that the Commander is offering a reward and find out what the job is.[/color]