Brian nods, smiling as tempers cool. "I agree: doing some reconnaissance is an excellent idea. I'd volunteer to come along too, but I've never been much of a rider, I'd probably slow you down."

He snaps his fingers as a thought occurs to him, and turns to Baylor, "While we're speaking of gathering information, do we have a good picture of the current strength and equipment of the town guard? I occasionally do some work for them, but I've really no idea what their actual numbers are. I could certainly take a look over their equipment and see if there's anything that could be added or improved."