The escort notice promised one day of ordinary road work.
Rod read it twice because ordinary sounded useful after Deepvein.
[Five guards required for merchant caravan traveling from Deepvein to Highforge.]
[Departure: Third morning bell.]
[Six freight wagons, two passenger carriages, nineteen caravan staff.]
[Cargo: Processed crystal, mining tools, household goods, sealed private cases.]
[Route: Western mine road to Highforge eastern freight gate.]
[Threat assessment: Low. Road patrols active.]
The notice paid less than a difficult monster contract and more than the cost of purchasing airship tickets in Highforge after riding there alone. Their ten-day Deepvein cooldown had already begun and the plan was to spend a week in Highforge before heading back to Deepvein. An escort gave them a destination, covered the stable fees, and allowed Dain and Nessa to work with the group on the kind of road duty both understood.
Rod took the notice to the contract clerk.
