Though every stride his horse made sent jolts of pain, Lohmen pushed hard to try and keep his hectic itinerary. He made Muzozas that night, but it was well after moonrise and the mount registry, and bank for that matter, were closed. Not wanting to waste any time, he paid a kid ten lords to scale the gates with a torch to light the Banner and sketched. It was strange collection of elements, BattleAxe, Eel and Sun (#00078). When the torch-kid had settled in to a place where he could light the Banner but not set it ablaze, Lohmen sketched.

The boy said their Banner was a hodge podge of other houses, and they’d taken each of the elements for unique reasons. The Battleaxe came from the commerce in forestry. Not wanting to be raided when out, Muzos started using double edged woodcutters axes to cut timber. The sun was an honour to their dead. Each year during the lowsun, light would enter their catacombs and warm the souls in the afterlife so they may remain happy and content. Should something block that sun, legend has it that they would rise in anger.

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The Eel was an altogether different sort of tail. Hundreds of years ago when Order expansion was more prevalent, the Order of Fury had sent a Brother to act as sheriff to the town. The townspeople didn’t appreciate his presence or his taxes. One night while he was taking a bath prepared by several of his attendant slaves, a young man slipped an eel into the water. He was temporarily paralyzed from the shock and slipped beneath the water.

“The lesson in that, Painter. A man may die from from somethin’ but that may not be what killed him.” The boy added as he shuffled down the arch.

Lohmen chuckled at the grisly history lesson and thought about just washing with a cloth. It was well into night so he retired to the inn, and would visit the Mount Registry and Bank at first light. The note about the child had struck him so deeply, he’d almost forgotten about the state of himself. He hadn’t slept the night before and his hand and face throbbed with pain as soon as he submitted to the idea of rest. He took a meal from the Squeaky Eel and was and retired early to rest. He had a busy schedule the following day.