Raucous laughter filled the bar as the sweet scent of freshly roasted boar choked the air. Pioneers and soldiers are everywhere. The port is especially crowded tonight as the 9th Fleet has just came in and unloaded hundreds of new pioneers. The men of the 3rd Royal Regiment stood out in their crisp blue uniform. Come the next morning, they will march for the City of Auch. While their orders are to reinforce the growing city, they were also there to hunt. Disturbing news had come that a secretive guild of assasins had formed and were responsible for the recent assasination of Lord Kurok in his courtyard.

"Hey you, stop there!" an officer shouted, pointing his finger at a young woman clad in black leather. Ignoring his summons, she turned and ran. "After her!" the officer screamed, rallying his squad of twenty as he pursued. Cael sprinted, readying her Elite Silver Crossbow as she ran down an alleyway, into a dead end!

"Arrest her!" the officer grunted, panting from the chase. His men bunched forward.

"Bolt Sequence .... " A voice whispered in the dark shadows. Five hooded figures appeared in the windows that lined the alley, all of them clad in the same black leathers as Cael.
"Fire..."
The air filled with deadly steel bolts. The 2nd Squad of the 1st Company, 3rd Royal Regiment had no chance to find cover. At short range, the bolts tore through their bodies and buried inches into the ground. In a matter of seconds twenty one bodies fell to the ground.

Nodding to her comrades, Cael deftly scaled the walls of the alley and joined them as they disappeared into the dark of the night.