Ch. 7 The Parley Plan
The meeting Tremane put together was small, just Elspeth, Darkwind, his man in charge of the group to be sent, the two Herald's sent by Selenay, and himself.
"These bandits are too well organized, I get the feeling that they want something, perhaps to become legitimate" Gadreth Tremane's man mused.
"I would give it to them if that's the case, I could use a capable man like this Sander, it would be a shame to waste any resource if it can be salvaged" Tremane said.
"You would take in a bandit" Herald Maren gasped taken aback.
"Think, this group has gone out of it's way not to harm their prey, and their leader has the strength to stop them from raiding, how else do you think they have escaped our traps so far" Tremane asked.
Darkwind nodded "The fact that they have stopped raiding at all tends to point in that direction as well".
"How can we contact him,if we're not sure of his intension's" Herald Cam asked. He had only been a full Herald for two years and still looked to his friend Marin for advice.
"We need something that he wants, something to make him listen to us, we also need an envoy" Tremane looked up and smiled at the look on the younger Heralds face.
"Don't worry, we're not sending either of the two of you, you're too valuable". Cam flushed and looked down for a second.
"Maybe" Darkwind paused "It's not a bad idea". Tremane looked at him like he had lost his mind. "No, we need to send him someone who he can't ignore" Darkwind added.
"Elspeth nodded "We also need to send someone he wouldn't dare harm, besides you know they have never taken anyone for ransom, they have always let people go after they're done".
"We can't send either of you, two, and we need your friends for their gifts" Tremane started to say.
Elspeth interrupted "We can get by with one Herald with foresight, Marin"?
"Yes" he said.
"Do you think you can act as Messenger for us, we need to talk to Sander". "Well, I am a Herald" he said with a grin.