21. Barracks

Rows of wooden-framed bunks line this room, three beds high, two bunks per ten foot section. Under each set of bunks are three wooden boxes. The southeast corner is clear of bunks and has a table and five chairs, while the northeastern corner is partitioned by a wooden wall that stops a foot short of the ceiling and has a three foot wide opening facing north. Trussed up on two of the bunks are female figures in summer dresses, gagged and pleading with their faces for rescue. The two figures are not damsels in distress, but rather thieves. One, Garalia, is a petite blond who is also a master at knot tying and has trussed them both up to make it look like they are captured. If left to their own, eventually she'll wiggle free as if by accident. The brunette, Sasha, is a bit rotund. She acts all blubbery but is sharp as a dagger. If rescued they blabber about how "the hobgoblins" caught them and were planning to do who-knows-what with them. They claim to be nothing special, just young ladies who were going to attend the wedding. Both ladies refuse to wear armor or use weapons, and if forced to will act clumsy. However, given an opportunity they will steal weapons, take anything valuable they can easily carry, and disappear. Their equipment is stashed in two of the boxes under the bunks (but not the ones they are trussed up on): leather armor, short swords and daggers. On or under the table in the corner partitioned off for officers is a week of rations, a lantern, two flasks of o