Chapter SixHerrenmer, captain of the guard, had wasted no time; within five minutes of hearing from the scout that an overman had ridden openly out of Skelleth to the encampment on the Wasteland Road, he had summoned his five lieutenants and told them to put every man on active duty immediately. He didn’t know exactly what was going on, but he intended to take as few chances as possible. He was sure that the overman was Garth. Earlier, Shallen had reported that the self-proclaimed Prince of Ordunin had turned up at the King’s Inn, and no other overman had been seen inside the walls since the whole company had been turned away the preceding morning.
When he had heard that, Herrenmer had immediately sent someone to see if the Baron was able to take charge of affairs once again. The report h
