The castle is open once more

[MageNathaniel1]

during the second watch of the night, the signal fires began lighting along the coast warning that intruders were trying to land. the troops were on site quickly to repel the would be mercenaries. though determined to gain a landing, the troops were able to repel them. The hunters have been put on alert to watch for any stragglers that may have made it past the troops just in case. the ones battling the troops were repelled and retreated back to their ship. I am sure this is not the last we will hear from them. tje citizens have been warned to take arms just in case.

[MageNathaniel1]

the mercenary ship sailed out to open waters, still being followed by one of our naval ships. once at sea, they tried to lose the tail but failed.  they continued sailing away from the coast toward a neighbouring village's harbour.  our naval ship stopped outside of the harbour but kept an eye on the mercenary vessel. for a few days nothing seemed to happen but suddenly there was a flurry of activity around the ship  they changed their flag, repainted the vessel and name, then put false trimmings on it to make it appear to be another vessel. once the paint dried the ship once again tried to sail back toward our coast. once it cleared the harbour, our naval dhip cut it off. the captsin protested claiming to be someone else. the captain of our vessel told him they had observed the changes to their ship and if it tried to head to our coast, they would be sunk and told them to return to their normal flag and leave. caught in his lie, the captain of the mercenary vessel withdrew and headed away from our lands, still being followed by our ship.

[MageNathaniel1]

After flowing the meecenary ship past multiple harbours and ports, the captain of the navy ship following it presumes they will not return, however, to be on the safe side, he decides to hide the ship near a harbour but where the lookout can see if it turns back. the captain of the mercenary vessel notices the navy ship has turned back and waits two days then tries to turn back toward the town  only to be cut off by the navy ship and warned that one more such stunt and his ship will be sunk without warning and he is to return from wherever he came or else. the captain of the mercenary ship reluctantly turns around and heads away once again. the navy ship holds position just in case.

[MageNathaniel1]

the meecenary ship fades pver the hroizon but the captain of the naval ship holds position for another week just to make sure it does not try to sneak back. a constant look out is kept in the crow's nest. the mercenary ship remains out of sight. the captain finally decides they are not coming back and slowly sets sail back to the port but has the look out keep a sharp eye jist in case. back at the town, the soldiers have been given descriptions of all the mercenaries as have the hunters in case they try to come back on another ship or land elsewhere and come ashore. the ones they were after have all been moved to private rooms in the castle and the guards doubled just in case.