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1.5.1 - The Pact

You climbed to the marble heart of the city to be judged by the men who rule it, and the night ended with a woman dragged screaming into the Pit.

The fighting done and an uneasy truce holding, you marched up into Upper Hammerfall, the old elven seat, where the streets turn to marble and wildflower and impossible grace even under occupation. In the council chamber, where many seats once sat, only three were filled: Orgrim Doomhammer, chieftain of all the Orks, vast and still in his prime with the skull-faced doomhammer across his knees; Trader Yennen, fat and conniving and plainly the Guild's creature; and the Speaker of the Chosen, robed and silent. Jarl Ivar took the fourth seat, an old moustachioed cretin. Here the fate of the Hammerfall elves would be settled, with Veylith at your side. He thanked you with his whole heart, and with gifts: elven boots and a deathdrinking rune for Gunnar, an elven cloak for Riven, a walking cauldron and a parting blade for Hanzt.

Then it soured. Ivar came home drunk to his wife Ygritte, threw filth at her, and when she slapped him he knocked her to the floor in front of their son. He stormed off to his brutes and his drink. Hours later the night broke open with smoke and screaming. The long-limbed things from the Pit came up into the streets, and they were not here to fight. They were here to take. They dragged villagers off toward the wound in the earth, and among them, a flash of crimson and a scream of fury, Ygritte, hauled down into the Pit and swallowed.

Remember For Next Time

  • The Pact's faces: Orgrim Doomhammer (Orks), Trader Yennen (the Guild's man), the Speaker of the Chosen, and Jarl Ivar (Norse). This is who rules Hammerfall.
  • Ygritte taken: Ivar's wife, and Balder's stolen bride, dragged into the Pit by the creatures. Balder told you the whole bitter story.
  • You are going down: you formed up to follow the captors into the Pit, first into the dark after Ygritte.

Where We Are

At the mouth of the Pit in Upper Hammerfall, about to descend after Ygritte and her captors.