Today it was no different. A page approached her as soon as she reached the Solamnic Keep and handed her a letter written by the Grand Master.
Amelia's face dimmed away. Yet another seemingly empty quest for her to fulfill. Sometimes it seemed as tough Master Lanfer gave her too easy assignments. Did he doubt her capacity? or was it just the influence of her uncle Jona's friendship with Lanfer?
"Thank you, Please acknowledge the acceptance of this task to the Grand Master when he is available. I shall make the arrangements for departure" said Amelia as she saluted the page and turned towards the Keep.
She hadn't even seen her own room in little less than a month, and now she would only see it for a few moments while she prepared her equipment for the task at hand.
Uleg Melinar was an old merchant from the city of Tarsis. Some considered him a double spy and thought him to be gathering information to deliver to the enemies of the Realm. If this was so, Lanfer was pretty much ignoring the rumors. There was always speculation around this man, but in a way, it was a good thing because Amelia would get the chance to see for herself how the man acted.
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After a few hours, the small convoy was ready for departure. The merchant was said to always be carrying along with him a small caravan of 3 or 4 carts with items from the region. Today's caravan consisted on 3 carts, the merchant and 5 workers that came with him. And now protected by 1 knight and 3 squires assigned to the duty. Amelia was lucky, normally she gets no help at all.
The trip was planned to take the caravan safely through the shortest possible route. Tarsis was very far away and it would take a few weeks to complete the task. The caravan would head to shore and take a trip across the ocean towards New Ports, where they would continue the trip by road towards Pax Tharkas and south through the mountains.
Nothing else to do than to now wait for Uleg to arrive at the caravan. He's the slow kind of man.
