The ferret, wrapped in his dark green cloak, quickly ran across the
flatlands to his destination; The Death Watch's camp
Taren the fox spotted the runner as he approached and slowly nodded. "General.we have a visitor?"
Visla was seated upon an upturned crate as a chair, sipping from a wineskin. "Our traitor?"
Taren took another look and nodded. Visla smiled. "See him in and get a hundred steel from our treasury."
Taren nodded quickly and snapped out an order to the sentries on duty and to a passing rat. The ferret himself, face shrouded by his green cloak slowly stepped into the camp, ignoring the looks of contempt that the sentries gave him.
Taren greeted the ferret as he entered the camp. "Nice te see you again, snitch.how did you get away this time?"
The ferret gave the fox a look of extreme contempt. "Keep away from me, Taren.my message is for the general alone."
Taren's mismatched eyes narrowed coldly. "Fine then.you want to see him, then you will.I wouldn't mind gutting you here myself.no use for traitors."
"Some call it treachery.I call it playing on the winning side."
This got a laugh out of the sadistic fox. "That you are, that you are.you've chosen your camp and its my camp so I suppose that puts us on the same side." Taren nodded and pointed to where Visla sat.
The ferret nodded and walked to the general who eyed him through slitted eyes, sipping from the wineskin. The ferret traitor forced himself to look upon Visla's face, thoroughly disgusted by the disfigured burned side of his face, he did not dare offend the barbaric general. He was even impressed by Visla's barbaric splendor, every tooth around his neck, every bone for his bracelet, every pelt he wore was a reminder of a foe battled and a foe defeated. "Nice to see you again, my spy."
The ferret saluted Visla quickly as was customary, licking his lips nervously. "I said I was on a routine scouting mission.Kalis trusts me enough for me to go alone- Gaah!"
The ferret couldn't resist a pained cry as Visla's claws raked across the left side of his chest.
"Never mind my damned brother, I don't care how or why you got away.give me the information now, ferret!"
The ferret whimpered in pain but managed to deliver the report. "T- the hawk Sydas gave us information about a full force of Death Watchers h- headin' south.Kalis sent Deran Arakias's group o' archers with a few swordsbeast thrown in to find them an' make sure they never get anywhere again.thas' all I know!"
Visla eyes him with contempt, the rat Taren had issued an order to walked up and tossed a small bag of steel coins to the ferret who hid it beneath his cloak
"Go." Visla growled. "Before I have you gutted."
The ferret nodded and quickly exited the ccamp, running back to the Calpathion camp over a week from the Death Watch's but the ferret didn't dare stop until he was out of sight from the barbarians
Visla nodded. "That fool Algan prolly has no idea he's gonna be ambushed.just gonna fall inte a trap.fine then.up to the General to send reinforcements for 'im then. I can ill afford to loose three score of my troops.Mahk! Sariss!"
The stoat and the ferret were conversing by their tent, both immediately walking to the general and the ferret traitor.
"Yes, general." They said in unison .
Visla nodded. "We have reports that Algan's patrol way down south will be ambushed shortly.as foolish as Algan is, we can ill afford to loose an entire sixty troops.I don't want you two to go.send a small amount of your forces.swordsbeasts, archers, killers.the like.I want the raven SkyShadow deployed to give word to Algan's forces to tell him to wait and then your forces plus Algan's can wipe out that Deran brat's.and then." He grinned. "Our previous plan can be of no use.keep it anyways, Taren, in case anything goes wrong." He replied quickly to the fox.
"Soon.we'll have the Calpathions under our claws.and everybeast alive with fear the names of General Visla and the Death Watch!"
Taren the fox spotted the runner as he approached and slowly nodded. "General.we have a visitor?"
Visla was seated upon an upturned crate as a chair, sipping from a wineskin. "Our traitor?"
Taren took another look and nodded. Visla smiled. "See him in and get a hundred steel from our treasury."
Taren nodded quickly and snapped out an order to the sentries on duty and to a passing rat. The ferret himself, face shrouded by his green cloak slowly stepped into the camp, ignoring the looks of contempt that the sentries gave him.
Taren greeted the ferret as he entered the camp. "Nice te see you again, snitch.how did you get away this time?"
The ferret gave the fox a look of extreme contempt. "Keep away from me, Taren.my message is for the general alone."
Taren's mismatched eyes narrowed coldly. "Fine then.you want to see him, then you will.I wouldn't mind gutting you here myself.no use for traitors."
"Some call it treachery.I call it playing on the winning side."
This got a laugh out of the sadistic fox. "That you are, that you are.you've chosen your camp and its my camp so I suppose that puts us on the same side." Taren nodded and pointed to where Visla sat.
The ferret nodded and walked to the general who eyed him through slitted eyes, sipping from the wineskin. The ferret traitor forced himself to look upon Visla's face, thoroughly disgusted by the disfigured burned side of his face, he did not dare offend the barbaric general. He was even impressed by Visla's barbaric splendor, every tooth around his neck, every bone for his bracelet, every pelt he wore was a reminder of a foe battled and a foe defeated. "Nice to see you again, my spy."
The ferret saluted Visla quickly as was customary, licking his lips nervously. "I said I was on a routine scouting mission.Kalis trusts me enough for me to go alone- Gaah!"
The ferret couldn't resist a pained cry as Visla's claws raked across the left side of his chest.
"Never mind my damned brother, I don't care how or why you got away.give me the information now, ferret!"
The ferret whimpered in pain but managed to deliver the report. "T- the hawk Sydas gave us information about a full force of Death Watchers h- headin' south.Kalis sent Deran Arakias's group o' archers with a few swordsbeast thrown in to find them an' make sure they never get anywhere again.thas' all I know!"
Visla eyes him with contempt, the rat Taren had issued an order to walked up and tossed a small bag of steel coins to the ferret who hid it beneath his cloak
"Go." Visla growled. "Before I have you gutted."
The ferret nodded and quickly exited the ccamp, running back to the Calpathion camp over a week from the Death Watch's but the ferret didn't dare stop until he was out of sight from the barbarians
Visla nodded. "That fool Algan prolly has no idea he's gonna be ambushed.just gonna fall inte a trap.fine then.up to the General to send reinforcements for 'im then. I can ill afford to loose three score of my troops.Mahk! Sariss!"
The stoat and the ferret were conversing by their tent, both immediately walking to the general and the ferret traitor.
"Yes, general." They said in unison .
Visla nodded. "We have reports that Algan's patrol way down south will be ambushed shortly.as foolish as Algan is, we can ill afford to loose an entire sixty troops.I don't want you two to go.send a small amount of your forces.swordsbeasts, archers, killers.the like.I want the raven SkyShadow deployed to give word to Algan's forces to tell him to wait and then your forces plus Algan's can wipe out that Deran brat's.and then." He grinned. "Our previous plan can be of no use.keep it anyways, Taren, in case anything goes wrong." He replied quickly to the fox.
"Soon.we'll have the Calpathions under our claws.and everybeast alive with fear the names of General Visla and the Death Watch!"