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After Tannus and Ichiro traveled closer to what everyone assumed to be a shimmering body of water, they came to realize it was, in fact, a mirage. What they were seeing was a vast military encampment of white tents, spotted with blue flags. They made their way to the camp and sought an audience with a Captain there to seek help or requisition some horses to save their friends but were turned down. They were however informed of a pair of soldiers who had recently mutinied, killed their commanding officer and fled. As the Captain assumed Tannus and Ichiro would not relent from traveling back out into the desert to save their friends, they were informed of the bounty on these soldiers and offered 500gp for each of the fugitives if brought back alive. (Half if dead)

Tannus and Ichiro were eventually directed to a silk merchant, named Ramshik, who offered to assist the men at the expense of their promised labor, but demanded they at least rest for the night. Ichiro became ill from heat exhaustion and it was determined he should remain in camp.

Early the following morning, Tannus and Ramshik made their way toward the cave that Tannus' fellows had traveled, with a cart being pulled by a couple of camels.

There, they found their friends, alive but bound by the wrists and under the guard of one mysterious man, named Ames, dressed in soldiering apparel.

After some heated pressure from Tannus and Ramshik, the soldier finally admitted that he was involved in the mutiny, but wasn't who killed his commanding officer. It was his comrade, Collier, who had committed the act and who likely would have killed Jinx, Lassen, and the others if not for Ames' contention. It seems obvious now that Collier has fled, abandoning Ames and likely South, toward the only township in the vicinity. There, he'll likely seek passage aboard a ship, to get far from this part of the world.

Ames has pleaded with the group not to take him back to the camp, for surely he will be hanged there. He wishes, instead, to be allowed to depart on his own.

After Tannus and Ichiro traveled closer to what everyone assumed to be a shimmering body of water, they came to realize it was, in fact, a mirage. What they were seeing was a vast military encampment of white tents, spotted with blue flags. They made their way to the camp and sought an audience with a Captain there to seek help or requisition some horses to save their friends but were turned down. They were however informed of a pair of soldiers who had recently mutinied, killed their commanding officer and fled. As the Captain assumed Tannus and Ichiro would not relent from traveling back out into the desert to save their friends, they were informed of the bounty on these soldiers and offered 500gp for each of the fugitives if brought back alive. (Half if dead)

Tannus and Ichiro were eventually directed to a silk merchant, named Ramshik, who offered to assist the men at the expense of their promised labor, but demanded they at least rest for the night. Ichiro became ill from heat exhaustion and it was determined he should remain in camp.

Early the following morning, Tannus and Ramshik made their way toward the cave that Tannus' fellows had traveled, with a cart being pulled by a couple of camels.

There, they found their friends, alive but bound by the wrists and under the guard of one mysterious man, named Ames, dressed in soldiering apparel.

After some heated pressure from Tannus and Ramshik, the soldier finally admitted that he was involved in the mutiny, but wasn't who killed his commanding officer. It was his comrade, Collier, who had committed the act and who likely would have killed Jinx, Lassen, and the others if not for the Ames' contention. It seems obvious now that Collier has fled and likely South, toward the only township in the vicinity, where he'll likely seek passage aboard a ship, far from this part of the world.

Ames has pleaded with the group not to take him back to the camp, for surely he will be hanged there.