"YOU are the hero" : The Fate of Faraway 171

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As you enter the cramped guard post, you feel a certain unease. This is imdiately justified when you suddenly find yourself under the threat of a dozen spears. If you were to make the slightest hostile gesture, you would be instantly pierced from all sides.

“In the na of the Earl of Thotherside, you are under arrest for your cris!”

You raise your hands in a gesture of peace, but your tongue doesn't remain still. You manage to explain to the soldiers that if you were truly guilty of the cris you are accused of, you wouldn't have co here... which is rather convincing.

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You explain that you have located the base of the bandits, these rebels from Nonearby, and that you wanted to show them its location.

After a brief discussion, the guards decide to believe you, despite their suspicion of a possible trap. However, as a precaution, they lock you in the prison while they verify your claims. Increase the Ti by 1 and wait at 247.