Slaughter at Gambarin

Prelude
Lord Wuld, a Count in the service of King Edward, set his eyes to the north of his castle. While he was mainly tasked with defending the bridge between Arial and Ether, the elf settlement of Gambarin and its lands intrigued the lord greatly. However, Lord Wuld did not want to tarnish his reputation as being the man who destroyed a nearly defenseless village filled with families. Instead, he searched for a mercenary group that had the proper skill to wipe out the settlement and clean it up for the lord to occupy.

After searching for a band of mercenaries, Lord Wuld came across the Bastards Syndicate, a mercenary group comprised of bastards who have banded together to make a living as sworn brothers. Philip Roland and Franz Mason were the only two members of the Bastards Syndicate who knew the lords true reasons of wanting the village eradicated, since they were told what their job was directly from Lord Wuld. Knowing full well that many within the band wouldn't take arms up against a peaceful village, both decided to lie about what the village really was. Believing under false info that Gambarin was a settlement full of raiders and barbarians, the Bastards Syndicate readily marched towards Gambarin without a single complaint.