Gar was still nursing his injury.
We gathered our meagre equipment before saying a last payer over Islorus.
Following the river towards our destination raised our spirits a little.
Little did we know what lay in store. Perhaps we were dwelling on recent events and were not as vigilant as we should have been.
We didn't see the ambushers.
Roland was hit by a crossbow bolt and went down, heavily.
Then Will was struck by a slingshot and felled.
Njal and Jack ran towards the nearest attackers, which shielded them from the crossbow. Gar was unable to help due to his injuries.
Njal's opponent backed away, then used his sling. He missed. The other ambusher had manoeuvred to get a shot ( he had a heavy weapon, so could not move and shoot).
Jack attacked the man with the sling and laid him low.
The remaining enemy shot his crossbow, and missed!
Njal, attacked the crossbow wielder who fought him off. Then he ran.
We searched field and found a suit of knight's armour. Very useful for a leader prone to injury, like Roland.
That was a short, and bloody, encounter. Perhaps it would have been easier if I hadn't given the third attacker the crossbow. I thought they might be underarmed otherwise, but it nearly ended in disaster!
I conflated the ambush scenario with the travel to the town as it made more sense that way.
Gar, being injured, could not take part in the battle.
