Murder in Tarsis
Murder in Tarsis
“The two men stood on the deck of the old hulk, leaning against its ornately carved quarterdeck railing. All around them, smoke drifted from the other inhabited hulks in wind-driven wisps.
“The nomads are getting impatient,” Ironwood said, his eyes slitted against the cutting wind. “They want to fight or move on. It’s not in their nature to stay in one place, doing nothing.”
“There have been rumors,” Nistur said. “Rumors of a new chief who has united the tribes.”
“They are more than rumors. I’ve... been hearing reports for the last three years of this man who calls himself Kyaga Strongbow, and I’ve seen towns on the desert fringe that he’s sacked.”
Nistur shrugged. “Any pack of scruffy bandits can loot a defenseless town. It takes more to threaten a city like this.”
“I’ve heard something else,” Ironwood added. “Shellring came here this morning. She says that the lord’s officers are recruiting mercenaries, as many of them as they can hire, and offering good wages.”MoreLess
“The nomads are getting impatient,” Ironwood said, his eyes slitted against the cutting wind. “They want to fight or move on. It’s not in their nature to stay in one place, doing nothing.”
“There have been rumors,” Nistur said. “Rumors of a new chief who has united the tribes.”
“They are more than rumors. I’ve... been hearing reports for the last three years of this man who calls himself Kyaga Strongbow, and I’ve seen towns on the desert fringe that he’s sacked.”
Nistur shrugged. “Any pack of scruffy bandits can loot a defenseless town. It takes more to threaten a city like this.”
“I’ve heard something else,” Ironwood added. “Shellring came here this morning. She says that the lord’s officers are recruiting mercenaries, as many of them as they can hire, and offering good wages.”MoreLess
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