137: Shining Rock
So we had to go to Shining Rock. Fred and I went to the armoury, and he had a word with one of the watchmen who warned him that there were rumours that the Sons of Ulric were on the prowl, and they were waylaying Sigmarites. They were especially active in the Warrenburg, just outside the city. The armourer had gone to some trouble to adjust some armour to fit me, but the workmanship was nowhere near as good as dwarf-made stuff. And in my search for some throwing axes I ended up throwing a lot of his axes around, but I didn’t find anything weighted correctly. We got up early to watch the Altdorf delegation leave town, and although they didn’t get much support from the people, they got out of the city and on their way safely enough. They did have some Knights Panther and some Knights of the Fiery Heart, and some men at arms, to protect them. Then we joined the Middenheim delegation which was similarly well-protected. We saw the graf, and the baron, and riding in a coach was Katarina w...