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    Seemingly surprised to see the elf still breathing, the withered old pawnbroker nodded.

    "Cost you a crown," he said.


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    His newfound bodyguard of Hounds in tow, Lothar headed towards the lower town, leaving the cobbled streets behind as he struck out into the mud. There was a buzz in the air that the soldier found hard to pin down – a country man by birth and by upbringing, the breathing of the city disconcerted him when it changed its invisible rhythm. News of what had befallen Jagrun was spreading like the heat before a wildfire, the regular ebb and flow of the citizenry feverish and disrupted. Nevertheless, they scattered before the sight of the white ribbon as they had always done, Lothar himself receiving more than a few circumspect glances at the head of their little column.

    The group he had instructed splitting off in the direction of the Tongs, Lothar himself made his way towards the edge of the Neumarket – consulting with his new ‘friends’ once or twice, he found his way to a run-down old street on the very edge of the marketplace. Squatting like a malevolent toad at its end, the pawn-shop waited: a broken-backed old building with a large, slanting attic window in its tiled roof, three ‘gold’ balls hung over the door, itself closed and unwelcoming. There was no sign of life from within – but then, its narrow ground-floor windows were so grimy that Lothar didn’t know how he would have been able to tell if there was.
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    He also didn't care. Today had seen one friend arrested, another almost killed, and a man of Sigmar bled out like a gutted fish. Lothar was angry, and one well-known criminal would do as well as the Sparrowhawk. Gesturing to the soldiers, he pointed at the building. "Surround it, block the exits."

    Striding to the front door the soldier kicked at it, his new boot smashing against the cheap, weather-battered wood.

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    "Oh, I guess that's... rather indelicate of him, isn't it?" said Pieter cautiously. "But believe me, Ilsa, your use for us doesn't start and end with Freya's story. A successful revolution rests on two things: ideals and weapons. You happen to be the only one of us with a gun."

    Unless, of course, Rafale decided to join the revolt. That was a scary thought: the rioters would see him as a hero and might even make him their leader. The young maniac was bad enough on his own, but at the head of a revolt he would turn Delberz into a slaughterhouse.

    "This is your chance, Ilsa. We need you, and not to wave a flag. Some in the Society don't want to involve women, but I know better. You're more of a warrior than most of those bookworms and dilettantes."
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    Ilsa squinted at Pieter suspiciously.

    “If you’re looking to start a fight, you’ll find weapons enough on your own.” She paused. “But anything that’ll hurt the Hounds, I’ll help.”

    She prodded the fire again.

    “You just tell Klaus to watch where he flaps his big mouth. Someone’s been poking around here, spying on me. Only way it could be, someone’s got wind of what I told you people. You won’t have any use for me at all if the Hounds come looking this way.”
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    "Really?" Pieter frowned. "Klaus talks too much. I'll speak to him. As for you, stay careful and keep your gun at hand: they say the Hounds beat up an old man yesterday, here in the Fields, just for saying bad things about Halbermann."

    He rose.

    "Oh, speaking of the sergeant. The rumor goes that a young man who may be his bastard son was seen around here yesterday, paying children to throw things at the Hounds. Have you heard of it?"
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    ”Heard something like that, aye,” said Ilsa. “Around and about. People out that way” – she jerked her head in the direction of the field – “’ve got precious little else to be talking about.” She paused. “Haven’t heard much more than what you just said, though.”
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    "Ah... thanks all the same. Glad to know you're with us." He flashed her a vicious grin. "I'll try to make the Hounds afraid to come to the Fields. Trust me. Have a nice day, Ilsa."

    He left the woman's shovel and decided to pay Sam a visit.
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    Ducking out of the low doorway of the hovel, Pieter headed out in the direction of the Fields: Sam was sat where he had found him before, keeping watch over the meagre possessions that still remained in his parents’ tent.

    “Oh,” he said, cautiously. “It’s you again.”


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    On the second kick, the door gave way with a splintering crash of hinges – inside, amidst the clutter of the pawn-shop, a withered old fellow and three large men looked up in alarm. They seemed to be engaged in some kind of clean-up operation: the furnishings had been scattered and, in some cases, damaged, two staved-in barrels propped against one corner of the dusty room. There was a strong smell of turpentine in the air, and here and there, wisps of straw adhered to the floor.

    At the sound of Fischer’s dramatic entry, rapid footsteps began to descend from the staircase behind the counter: a huge, bearded man appeared, looking round at Lothar. From upstairs, there was a reedy, muffled shout of what sounded like infuriated frustration...
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    Lothar levelled his gun at the bearded fellow coming down the stairs. "'Morning, chaps. I take it the Sparrowhawk's been about? Take me to him. And Kleiner. Or you're gonna find out just how angry I really -ing am today."

    The 'powderburn scar on the soldier's left cheek stood out starkly against his skin, reddened with not-very-repressed anger, but his aim was level.
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    Big and Beardy looked twice at Lothar, taking in the swords, the gun, the two Hounds standing behind him.

    “He’ll see you,” he said, warily. “But no guns.”
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    Lothar's grin showed his teeth in a snarl Ulric would be proud of. Well, as proud as the God of Winter could be of someone without long, razor sharp canines, anyway.

    "Even better." He shouldered the weapon, and moved to the stairs; his other hand gestured for one Hound to stay, one to come.
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    sext: take my hand as the bombs fall. we will engrave our affectionate shadows on the walls in dush and ash, to last a thousand years. [my twitter]

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    My, what a warm welcome.

    "Me again," said Pieter cheerfully. "How was your night, Sam? Getting cold, isn't it? If you need a blanket, I can give you one."

    He waited for an answer, then said:
    "Hey, you see a lot of things, right? I'm looking for a friend of mine who was around here yesterday. A blond young man who was paying children to throw things at the Hounds. Have you heard about him?"
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    Letting Lothar enter the stairwell first, the big man fell in close behind him - Lothar could feel the rickety steps shake under the man's elephantine tread, ascending quickly to the pawn-shop's attic room.

    The attic was surprisingly spacious, a miserly fireplace set into one wall: stacks and stacks of close-written paper covered the bare floorboards, interspersed with heavy, padlocked wooden trunks and the occasional lonely-looking item of genuine furniture. In the centre of the room, just in front of the fireplace, a little, bent man sat in a hacked-together imitation of a sedan chair - really, just a regular chair bolted to a couple of poles, resting for now against the ground. His thin legs were covered with tatty woolen blankets, and his poorly-shaven, yellow-toothed face was a picture of angry discontent. Two other men stood to either side of him, almost as big as the giant behind Lothar.

    "What is it?" snapped the little man, irritably. He noticed the ribbon on Lothar's companion. "Your sergeant ain't got no business with me. I paid my dues."


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    "I heard about 'im. They said he was Halbermann's son," said Sam. "I didn't see him, though. It was some of the other kids what saw him." He blinked. "It was longer ago 'n yesterday, though, I think. I don't 'member too well."
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    "Oh. Thank you, I guess. I'll ask around." Pieter smiled at the boy. "Sam, do you need something to eat? I suppose you don't want to leave your things unattended to go buy food..."

    He rummaged into his slingbag, looking for his rations.
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    Lothar laughed. It was actually quite a pleasant sound; the soldier was usually such a nice fellow. "I'm no Hound, catfish; I don't take bribes. Where did the boy, Raffy go? He probably called himself the 'Sparrowhawk'."

    Lothar's jaw moved; there was the sound of grinding teeth. "Be quick about it; no wriggling."
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    "Wouldn't I like to know that too," snarled Kleiner, "but I don't. Yeah, he came here. Ran off sharpish, too."

    He squinted at Lothar. "If you ain't a Hound, you're with the Hounds, mister. You want to watch your tongue. And your step."


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    Sam said nothing, but looked at the Pieter's bag with saucer-plate eyes. The boy's stomach rumbled extremely loudly.
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    Lothar sneered. "Your bullies don't scare me, old man. Not enough claws, teeth or blood-soaked beards- yer like a shark after they make the soup."

    He shook his head. "Not good enough, anyway. He came here- what'd he want, an' which way'd he go? He have anyone with him?"
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    Kleiner threw his hands up in the air. "All kinds of crazy rubbish. Some nonsense about the Witch Hunter, and a lady. He wanted powder an' shot too, and new clothes to boot. Bruno here told him to get out."

    Lothar felt the bearded man loom over his shoulder.

    "He did."
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    The initiate chuckled in spite of himself. "Here, take this." He handed the boy enough dried fruits, nuts and salted meat for a whole day. "Boys your age need to grow tall, strong and handsome. Goodbye."

    He spent some time walking back and forth across the Flüchtling Fields, looking for children and asking them about the mysterious young man who hated the Hounds.


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    Ludo has a crowbar, if that helps.

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    Lothar smirked at that. "Aye, the boy's gone mad. Sunstroke, or staring at his reflection in sunny waters too long, if you get my drift." He glanced at Bruno, narrowing his eyes. "Clever man like you, pissed at a kid's impertinence- you saw which way he went. Marked it, like."

    Lothar shifted his eyes back to the withered old man. "You didn' say if he had someone with'm- and ya didn't say if you gave him what he asked for."
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    [WFRP] Ill Met By Morrslieb, as the increasingly-scarred Lothar Fischer.

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    sext: take my hand as the bombs fall. we will engrave our affectionate shadows on the walls in dush and ash, to last a thousand years. [my twitter]

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    Winnowing his way through the chaos of the Fields took Pieter time: the faces he knew wanted to talk about the Witch Hunter. By the time it had leapt across the river, the story of the Sparrowhawk’s victory had taken on a dozen different masks.

    “Is it true he cut the Templar’s head off in one blow?”
    “I heard when they looked at the body he had an eye inside his mouth.”
    “No, no, it was the Powers behind the boy, I tell you! That’s what they’re saying, there was a witch who froze ‘im to the ground!”

    Nobody seemed to have seen Halbermann’s mystery bastard first-hand, the same second-hand story filtering back to Pieter with various embellishments – it was more than a couple of hours before he found anyone who claimed to have actually met the man, two gaunt-faced children looking up at him with expectant eyes. A brother and sister, they had an irritating habit of completing each others’ sentences.

    “Yeah, we saw him,” said the girl. The other nodded. “He said we should throw things, and then he went away and he looked like Sergeant Halbermann, only more younger,” he added. The boy sounded almost as if he were reciting the words off a page.

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    Kleiner shook his head.

    “He was on his own. Looked ‘alf bled to death, too.” He sneered. “An’ no, ‘course I didn’t give him what he wanted. Some nutter comes bargin’ into your home, askin’ things without payin’, what would you do?” He paused. “He went out the back door. This window don’t face the right way to watch it.”
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    Lothar looked annoyed. "Awful convenient, that. Fine." He nodded at the Hound behind him. "After you, then."

    After the Hound started down the stairs, Lothar paused and looked back to Kleiner. "What about the elf, Ith? He been here? He's a friend of mine, and he ran off."
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    "Thank you." Pieter gave the boy and girl a shilling each. "Do you remember how he was dressed or how he acted? Was he friendly, or did he look angry?"
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    "Sounds to me like you ought to keep better track of your friends, mister," said Kleiner. "Ain't my job to go huntin' 'em out for you. Don't see why you'd think I'd know 'em in the first place, bein' the honest pawnbroker what I am."


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    "He looked like the Sergeant, but younger," repeated the girl, again sounding as if she had learned the words by rote.
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    The initiate could not help but smile, but the situation puzzled him. The way everyone described Halby Jr., like Halbermann only younger... Did the children of the Flüchtling Fields even know what the sergeant looked like? And were they observant enough to notice the ressemblance of his alleged son?

    "Um. Did he have a beard?" asked Pieter.

    Two possibilities occurred to him: perhaps Halby Jr. had gone out of his way to make sure everyone knew of his blood ties with the sergeant, going so far as to point it out, maybe even telling the children to describe him as "looking like the sergeant"... or perhaps the bastard story was a complete fabrication.
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    The children looked at each other. Slowly, the girl turned back to Pieter.

    "Ummm... no?"


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    "Just get 'im out of here," rumbled Bruno, behind Ithelus. Muttering to himself, the withered old pawnbroker bundled up the items in question, holding them out to the elf along with an open palm for the coin.
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    Lothar smiled very slowly. "That's a very poor lie. I'd expect a cripple to have compensated for his lack of limbs better- I know he's worked for you. Wanna try again?"
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    I have my answer.

    "Ah. So he didn't look like the sergeant that much, I suppose. Thank you." He smiled with amused skepticism. "But the one who wanted you to tell that story... How much did he pay you for it? What if I paid you to tell me more about him?" He jingled his purse.

    Oh gods, am I trying to bribe starving children? Congratulations, Pieter. What a priest you'll make.
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    "Don't know what you're talkin' about," said Kleiner, glibly. "Ain't never employed no elves here. Never would, neither. Nasty buggers."

    He tilted his head to one side. "What's your name, mister?"


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    The kids fidgeted nervously - but their eyes were fixed on Pieter's purse.

    "He gave us a crown," said the boy. "Two crowns," said the girl, quickly.

    "Yeah," said the boy. "Two crowns."
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