Last time I fought a group of Raiders beside Kanda, a healer and huntress from Krocvil. She patched me up, and we both helped the village's Monark, Gabe, protect his mansion, and rally his guards to push back against the invasors. Now I need to help the village to defeat the remaining raiders, or at least, make them retreat, and save as many people I can.

Character Setup

Vows Progress:

• Find the Eden (Epic). No progress.
• Discover what happened to Uncle Krin (Dangerous). No progress.
• Protect the people from Krocvil (Troublesome). 6 boxes.
• Recover what Krin stole from Krocvil (Dangerous). No progress.

Legacies Tracks:

• Quests. No progress.
• Bonds. No progress.
• Discovery. 1 tick.
• Failures. 3 boxes, 3 ticks.

Connections Progress:

• Amie (Formidable): No progress.

Character Stats. Health +2 / Spirit +2 / Supply +4 / Momentum +1.

Companions Stats. Boy +0.

Scene One

I recover from the previous fight, and take a look around, seeing all the men and women that were defending the Monark's mansion. I see Kanda trying to heal the wound on the chest of the Monark's wife.

Is it a mortal wound? Oracle (50/50) = 43. No.

Kanda take a look at the wound, and says to the Monark, "it is not a mortal wound, it is bad, but I can patch her up!", as she is already gathering some men to pick her up and lay her down in a bed to treat the slash against her stomach.

I go to Mr. Dick to say we need to continue, we need to take care of any raider that is still on the village. He is terrified that his wife can die, as his two children are also besides their mother, crying.

Is Gabe Dick in need of convincing to lead the counter attack against the Raiders? Oracle (Unlikely) = 61. No.

He looks at me, with fire in his eyes, and takes a rusty rifle from one of his guards: "We need to take this bastards now, my comrades, hunt everyone of them and protect the village!". I see all the other guards, family members, and citizens that helped defend the mansion, rallying with him, shouting to the skies. I too shout while touching my pendant. We take up our arms and race back to attack the raiders and save any other people. I help them in the fight even though I'm hurting, and wounded. I enter in the battle fighting in the distance with my crossbow while supporting them with suppressive fire as needed.

Battle: (+edge) = WEAK HIT (4 vs 8/1). You achieve your objective, but not without cost. Pay the Price.
Pay the Price: Oracle = 79. You are harmed.
Endure Harm: (-1 health). I do not try to resist the harm.
Reach a Milestone: Fighting the raiders. 1 progress in Protect the people from Krocvil.
Vow -> Protect the people from Krocvil: 9 boxes.
Fulfill Your Vow: STRONG HIT (9 vs 3/1). Mark a reward on your quests legacy track per the vow’s rank (1 tick).
Quests Legacy Track: 1 tick.

The last stand happens in a blur, we kill more raiders, but I also suffer a wound from a arrow in my shoulder. I press on, and continue fighting and helping the villagers. We push back hard against the mutants, blood covering everywhere. Shouts of victory echoing in my head. Some of the raiders run away in retreat.

Do the raiders retreat with slaves? Oracle (50/50) = 68. Yes.

Some of the raiders still retreated with some of the villagers now made slaves. This is terrible, I try to avoid this by catching some of them, but it is in vain, I stumble and get on the ground, almost fainting with exhaustion from the last battles. I get up with the help of some people, and start helping them deal with the fires, and gather everyone to help deal with the aftermath of this invasion. I go to the house where I left behind Boy to treat his wounds with the help of the villagers, as I get rest and recover. This was very tiresome, and brutal.

Scene Two

Sojourn: (+heart) = MISS (2 vs 7/6). Chosen option: The community needs your help, or makes a costly demand in exchange for safe harbor.
Envision what they ask of you. If you do it, or Swear an Iron Vow to see it done, resolve this move as a strong hit.
Failures Track = 4 boxes.
Envision = The people from Krocvil wants me to help them free their fellow villagers from the Raiders.
Make a Connection: (+heart) = WEAK HIT (6 vs. 9/2). Monark Dick (Gabe Dick) -> Dangerous / Krocvil's Monark.
Envision = Gabe Dick needs me to help him free his people from the raiders. I need to swear an iron vow for this.
Swear an Iron Vow: (+heart +1 from Gabe Dick) = WEAK HIT (7 vs 3/8). Begin the quest with more questions than answers.
Take +1 momentum and envision the path forward.
Envision = Discover where is the Raiders hideout; Free Krocvil's people; Return safely them home.
Momentum = +2.
Vow = Free Krocvil's people from the Raiders [Formidable].
Heal: STRONG HIT. +3 health for Starlim Vance.
Heal: STRONG HIT. +3 health for Boy.
Current Health (Starlim) = +4.
Current Health (Boy) = +3.

I open my eyes after a night's rest, and see Boy laying down at the bed's feet near my side. I look around to see some other wounded people from the night before, men and women. It's a big house that is being used as a hospital in Krocvil. Boy wakes up, and starts licking my hand, I pet him as I say to him: "good boy, I knew you would recover fine!". He barks at me as some kind of affirmation, or maybe he simply barked because of his name. I get up, pick my clothes and gather my gear.

I go out of the room to see two people, probably the caretakers of this place, besides Kanda. I go to thank her for the help: "Kanda, thanks for helping me with the raiders, I couldn't do it by myself". She kindly responds to my thanks, and say that the Monark is needing my help with something. He wants for me to find him, because I need to settle some things with him. I also ask about Dick's wife, and Kanda says that she is recovering well at the mansion. I go out to Dick's mansion to settle whatever he wants.

I arrive at the mansion, the signs of the last battle still around. I have to left Boy at the entrance, as a guard walks me to the main hall, then we go to the stairs to Monark Dick's dealings room. I enter and see him sitting on his chair while taking a sip from some kind of drink. He asks me to sit down, and if I want to drink it too. I accept, and drink the liquid, it is very strong and goes like fire in my throat. He takes a look at me with a smile: "haha, so you never drank vodka? it will help keep you warm and deal with this situation!". I only accept with my head, trying to not antagonize him.

"So, you came here alone looking for Krin. I've already spared some resources patching you and your dog, and this does not come free, it doesn't matter if you are a Ranger, do you understand?", he says while looking down on me. Its hard out here, but he gets on my nerves every time. I reply with an affirmation to him, and he continues: "It all started with Krin, he came here, went to some places, and somehow stole the power cells from our water purifier, I need it...we need it to not get sick easily here outside. You can help me with something, like I've helped you, and maybe we can start a friendship, don't you think?".

"Ok, sir, what do you need me exactly for?", I ask him. He replies while drinking another glass of the transparent liquid that burns: "Ok, this time the fucking mutants got us unprepared. They enslaved some of our fellow comrades, burned our houses, killed my friends. This needs to stop, I want you to find exactly where they hide, free our people, report to Metro, and get back with more Rangers so we can exterminate these savages."

"I can help you with that, but I'm not sure if Metro can organize so many Rangers at the same time to do this", I reply to him while trying to not sound too negative about it. He looks more furious to me as he shouts, "You prick! We are the ones that are helping sustain these fuckers from Metro! We pay you all for our safety, and what do we get? Fucking bastards mutants attacking us!". Yeah, he is not so wrong, but I think we don't have the numbers to attack a big hideout. I look at him: "I will do my best, Monark Dick, I swear the Rangers vow to help you free our people from these raiders".

He sips another glass of vodka to me, and as he reaches me it: "And I have two other things for you to deal with — We got one of the savages, he is on the prison, and I think there is a traitor among us. Someone knew the best way to enter our village, and helped them to get inside. I need you to find this moderfuker." I tighten my eyes as I listen to this, "This is serious. Ok, I'll investigate it. One other thing, I will need some people to accompany me in the Zone if I go looking for the raiders hideout, I can't do it alone".

"I can't spare my men, many died in the attack, ask our comrades if there any of them crazy enough to venture far in the Zone. I can't command them to do this, it would only make the situation worse. But I can give some kind of reward for anyone willing to go with you, maybe this would help". I shake my head in gratitude, and thank him for his help and attention. I leave the room, and mansion with Boy beside me.

Now I need to investigate this situation further. A traitor among us, Krin stealing from the community, and a hunting for raiders. This is getting way too complicated, but this is a life of a Ranger.