Road to Seagard

[Lord Connor Tully]

A frequently used trade route between Fairmarket and Seagard.

[Lord Connor Tully]

Connor drives his wagon along the rode dressed as a commoner in merchant clothing. A sword is hidden under his seat and out of sight. The second wagon follows close behind dressed in similar clothing.

[The Stranger]

Eventually, they reach a fork in the road near Oldstones. There is a boy standing at the crossroads, his hands outstretched, and he was staring at the sky.

[Lord Connor Tully]

Connor pulls his wagon up short and gestures for his other driver to go and investigate the boy standing in their way.

[The Stranger]

The boy looks at the guardsman, but does not say anything.

[Lord Connor Tully]

"Boy," Connor says down to the boy. "What are you doing here on your own? Are you lost?" The guardsman looks at the child warily, unsure what to do.

[The Stranger]

"I am the Guide." the boy replies.

[Lord Connor Tully]

Connor shakes his head, "I'm afraid I don't follow. The guide to what pray tell?" Tully motions for the guardsman to move back to his wagon and he does so with no argument.

[The Stranger]

"The Guide to the lost. Are you lost?" The boy asks.

[Lord Connor Tully]

Connor shakes his head, "No my boy, we know exactly where we are going. Perhaps you should come with us, I am not one to leave a child alone on the road."

[The Stranger]

"Where are you going?" the boy asks.

[Lord Connor Tully]

"We're traveling to Seagard with a load of grain," Connor replies. "Come up in sit next to me, I hear there are bandits in these parts. You don't want to be running into them now do you?"

[The Stranger]

"That is not where I am going," the boy says.

[Lord Connor Tully]

Connor sighs, "Well then if you would move aside we have business to attend to, though I do not like the idea of leaving you here. Where are you bound boy?"

[The Stranger]

"I am bound to this earth," the boy replied, "I am the Guide."