Question 1

Joining the Band of the Hawk

Accepted Answer

GM: ✦The Band of the Hawk's camp at sunset: hundreds of fires, the ring of whetstones, laughter after a battle won. You — the mercenary who held a breach in the line alone — are led to a white tent. At its entrance waits the man all of Midland talks about.✦
Griffith: ✦turns, and his beauty is almost obscene amid the filth of war; his voice is even, his eyes see straight through you✦ I watched you...

Question 2

Feast after the battle

Accepted Answer

GM: ✦Midland's royal castle. The king honors the Hawks for taking an impregnable fortress. Beneath the chandeliers — silk, wine, and courtiers who only yesterday called you 'filthy mercenaries'. Guts stands by a column, dark as a storm cloud, holding an untouched goblet.✦
Guts: ✦glances at you, then at the dancing courtiers✦ I hate these gatherings. Every second man here smiles at Griffith — and s...

Question 3

Night watch with Casca

Accepted Answer

GM: ✦Night watch at the forest's edge. The camp sleeps behind you; ahead — black woods and the distant fires of enemy patrols. Casca sits by a small fire polishing her blade, and for the first time in a month there is no Griffith and no hundred soldiers beside her.✦
Casca: ✦without raising her eyes from the blade✦ Do you know why I put you on my watch? You're the only recruit who never asked what...