No sense in running under-manned. We hire a farmer by the name of Anton before journeying forth.
A long journey to the east begins, and we'll stop at Weilersheim to resupply along the way.
Good. The company is getting back in shape. Once this contract is over, we'll look go back into fighting contracts.
Spoke too soon. We ran out of medical supplies midway. Thankfully Weilersheim has ready stock at affordable price.
With supplies taken care of, we resume our journey to Wagenheim.
The men are starting to talk again. It's been two weeks since I took over and things are still in rough shape. I have less gold than I started with, the company barely in fighting form. We need a new goal to lift morale.
After much discussion, I've decided to travel to every single settlement in the known world to spread the word about our company - and hopefully drum up some business. It sounds the least dangerous of all.
The trip to Wagenheim was relatively quiet - payment was also released without much fuss.
No time to idle though, we look for another contract to fulfill.
Considering our current manpower - this may seem a tad dangerous to undertake. But the official assures us that we should be more than capable of handling this threat. He's even willing to provide us with a modest advance.
I suppose I could quickly hire four new recruits before deploying. We accept.
But some men are just not ready to face combat yet.
Siggy is just no good to us for now. We need fresh blood and morale is low. A quick visit to the tavern is arranged, and the ale flowed.
The village is in a state of fear - and recruits are lacking - we took whoever we could.
And then we set camp, waiting for the enemy....
Hours passed. Night came. And when we awoke we found nothing but ruins of what was a wheat farm.
We thought of giving chase - but gave up once we realize that we probably forfeited our pay for failing to protect the farm.
We wasted no time informing the official of our failure and moved out of the settlement immediately, seeking new contracts.
It was a major embarrassment for the company and one that they want to quickly forget.
Feels bad, men.