Confusion

Timestamp: Ostiarium Forest: Night

Hendrik shook his head. It was not surprise the young man got in trouble so quickly on that first day upon arriving at the colony.

The noble went from threating them that they had to talk, to trying to convince them that he had to warn the others about some war, to let everything in Hendrik's hands exactly the way the guard had suggested. It was madness. That is how one made enemies. By sowing mistrust. And how one ended up with a blade on their back.

They stayed up all night waiting for the light. At dawn when the strange fire died Hendrik, Jiyn and Islana made their way back to the city.

On arrival he asked Islana for the strange wooden object. He needed to report the findings in the clearing. The bodies, the strange runes carved in the trees, the sap, the wooden object and of course how Wim Riese had turned up that evening talking about trees. Exactly like that old man they arrested.

"I don't trust that welp to keep his mouth shut for long."Hendrik told them. Turning to Islana he said.
"Those bodies we found in the forest, they are quite far out. "Only trappers and hunters tend to be out there on their own for long periods of time. Loggers too." He said slowly trying to hint at his suspicions. "Keep you ears and eyes open. If you hear anything come find me." He suggested her hoping she could still trust him although after last night the 4 of them would likely never trust one another fully.

"I need to report back to the Keep as well Jiyn said." Looking at the other sheeplesly. "I heard that they are recruiting some soldiers to go up North and I think after last night I want to get away for a while."

They looked at each other and said their goodbyes full in the knowledge that their fates were now tied to one another.