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[eventknights]

Although you advise him not to leave Stoneridge, your charge insists on visiting the village that’s backing up their sister. He argues there’s enough of you to stay here to form two teams: one to escort him and the other to keep the peace while he’s away. It takes a while, but, eventually, he gets his way.

After all the trouble you’ve already faced, what’s a little more?

Shieldgate appears to match its name. The village - or would tribe be more accurate? - is incredibly reclusive. They don’t appear to take to your appearance well, perhaps tolerate it at most. They seem to regard your charge with the most suspicion, but they respect him well enough to pave the way for his meeting with the tribal leader.

Not all of you are able to stay within the tent for negotiations, but the tribal leader claims to have opened up their home to you.

It’d be wise to gather more information about what's going on around here, wouldn’t it?

TAGS: #AKBOE2021 , #AKBOE32021 MISSION: Send an ask to the blog to investigate Shieldgate. (Or Investigate Stoneridge / Repeat Map #01 again.) MISSION DURATION: October 9th - OCTOBER 29th ASK FORMAT: All asks must include #AKBOE32021 somewhere. Preferably, it should be at the beginning of the ask, such as “#AKBOE32021: Investigate Shieldgate.” OR it can be placed at the very end like: “Explore Garden Inn. #AKBOE32021″

A masterlist of information discovered on Shieldgate will be on the Master Event post. For now, here’s one piece of information for you.

Searching Rhodes Island Archives … > Shieldgate Map Unlocked.

[eventknights]

#AKBOE32021: Investigate Shieldgate. Tessa will try to speak with the tribal leader in an effort to pay her respects, make an impression and to investigate the local lore and gather information on the town. It's best to always know your surroundings, no?

Although he’s welcoming, you can see the underlying distrust lurking behind those eyes. Or, maybe, that’s because you can see how his guards look you and your companions over. They’re not even staring at your charge, almost expectantly? Had someone told them you’re going to head over there before you’d arrived? It shouldn’t be too surprising if they’re in league with your charge’s sister.

Either way, their body language tells you that they’re very firm on whatever stance they’ve already made. Everything you say seems to bounce off them, and it’s troubling. Still, your charge is determined to get his point across, and it keeps you revitalized and encouraged to do the same - for as long as he allows.

Eventually, he escorts you off.

You look back at your charge to see if he would agree (or even be safe among them), and he nods back to you, saying things would be fine.

The sun hasn’t fallen yet, and it leaves you with some time to explore.

As expected, Shieldgate is much smaller than Stoneridge. It doesn’t take much effort to go around the entire tribe, and you’re not sure if you’ll want to go another round with how they’re all staring at you.

Maybe, you should pick a place to stay at?

You have discovered a few notable things about the tribe.

While most of the housing and structures are made from leathers and scrap metal found along the sands, there are a few solid buildings where tribe members congregate aside from the tribal leader’s building. Each one of them deals with food - well, asides from the Inn.