How about this senerio?
The rangers meet up at Ferny's and wait in the shadows, (They had seen the geldings prints and Rauthain recognizes Ferny boot and stride as the one with the horse an the other side of town)
Barrold returns home and the ranger’s question him. He offers to show them his house to get them off his back.
During the search Barrold places himself in front of a piece of beaded wainscoting that hides the entrance to the secret compartment of the cellar.
When ranger’s get to close he mentions how another of his associates asked him to get rid of a horse today (trying to throw them off). He gives them a name of another thug.
The rangers ask to see the cellar and he takes them to an outside entrance to the main part of the cellar.
The rangers then are outside, when Léspheria who had remained outside feels Naiore off toward Bree hill, and they leave.
If you want Léspheria to have left earlier, the rest of the rangers could go after the guy Barrold mentioned, but they would want someone to keep on eye on Barrold (perhaps the ranger Vanwe gets to know). But all this would make it difficult for the rangers who are left to catch the trail again.
[ October 08, 2003: Message edited by: Hilde Bracegirdle ]
|