Secret Meeting
The others were initially against Rune's decision to let go of Marx, and Leif was the most vocal of them all. Valdano was also reluctant to accept it, but then he came to realize that they were indeed short on manpower. They had no more mercenaries to aid them nor guides to show them the safest route to Old Valeria. And since Marx was an outlaw, he proved to be knowledgeable of the current state of Old Valeria. According to him, contrary to popular belief, the old city had some form of militant governance. There was a man there named Faulkner, who ran the place like he was the city's mayor. Under his rule, the thieves, bandits, and rouges banded together. All sorts of criminals were welcome within the city, but those who were not of their kind were either extorted, mugged, or killed on th
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