Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 50 | 62 | A View more quotes about number">number of men, apparently several, masked and armed, perhaps two hundred, had converged on a given barn outside the city, had broken into it, and found it empty. |
| 50 | 63 | Attempting to withdraw, they found the building surrounded by a large number of armed men, many armed with crossbows, and some, Peasants, armed with the great bow, the Peasant bow. |
| 50 | 64 | A torrent of quarrels and arrows apparently made departure unwise. |
| 50 | 65 | Fires were set about the building to further discourage any projected withdrawal. |
| 50 | 66 | As negotiations apparently proved inconclusive, the barn was set afire, following which the occupants must weigh a number of options, none welcome, dying in the fire, dying of missile fire, or surrender. |
| 50 | 67 | The rumors of this I heard in the city universally understood the event as the cornering of a large number of bandits by vengeful Peasants. |
| 50 | 68 | As Lord Grendel had left the domicile the afternoon of the event with his ax, and returned in the late morning, in high spirits, I am supposing that the affair may have had less to do with bandits and more to do with the hirelings of Kurii and their allies. |
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A number of men, apparently several, masked and armed, perhaps two hundred, had converged on a given barn outside the city, had broken into it, and found it empty.
Attempting to withdraw, they found the building surrounded by a large number of armed men, many armed with crossbows, and some, Peasants, armed with the great bow, the Peasant bow.
A torrent of quarrels and arrows apparently made departure unwise.
Fires were set about the building to further discourage any projected withdrawal.
As negotiations apparently proved inconclusive, the barn was set afire, following which the occupants must weigh a number of options, none welcome, dying in the fire, dying of missile fire, or surrender.
The rumors of this I heard in the city universally understood the event as the cornering of a large number of bandits by vengeful Peasants.
As Lord Grendel had left the domicile the afternoon of the event with his ax, and returned in the late morning, in high spirits, I am supposing that the affair may have had less to do with bandits and more to do with the hirelings of Kurii and their allies.
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