Near Dele | Open Starter
Open to Anyone. About Joaquin
What had started as a perfectly ordinary day had turned into a comedy of errors. Joaquin had decided to travel with the royal baggage train from Ondera to Dele for the funeral. There were some horse ranches along the way that he wanted to visit; mostly to find a gift for his intended.
However, storms had washed out the roads in some places so instead of taking a slightly longer route, they had gone a much shorter one, through dangerous territory. They had repulsed a bandit attack and discovered a pair of rutting stags was not a monster. Now, quite close to Dele, they were brought low by a muddy rut and a broken axel.
So now the Crown Prince of Ondera sits atop a carriage with a crossbow, on the look out for help or danger. Turning, when he sees someone arrive, he says with a half laugh, “Friend or foe? It has absolutely been that kind of a journey, so is it safe to be happy to see you, or do you bear more disappointing news or grim tidings?”