Daria nods and gives a salute to Valcus at his request, saying, "you can count on me, se- er, my Lord." She glances to Karmin, who lightly chuckles before adding, "yes, we won't run off anywhere without you. Not that I suspect this mercenary force of yours would follows us, anyway."
As the group makes their way back to the wall, the man who'd spoke before turns from a conversation he'd been having with another man on the wall and looks skeptically towards Valcus and the others. At seeing Drake he nods, and once hearing of Caelen's position he responds, "Very well. If you deem him of value, I will allow it. Raise the gate!" he calls out to his men, who begin to crank the hoists that control the gate mechanism.
Once it is about 6 feet or so open, the party makes their way in the gate, where it is quickly lowered behind them. As they make their way through, the man from the wall steps down from a staircase to the right and greets them with a handshake. "I am Ser Gildras, my Lords," he says, nearly as formally as Daria had been. "Sentinel of the South Gate. I will escort you to the Warden's Watchtower, where you may have an audience with him. I've already sent a runner ahead to inform him of your arrival."
The man begins to walk forward as he talks, leading the group along a short road towards the bridge itself. Now within the walls you can see it in the distance, the greatest bridge in Tulrisse. It is wide and lined with shops and houses, smaller structures built underneath its massive arches. In the center of the structure is a large tower, the aforementioned Watchtower, which serves both as a lookout perch for the surrounding region as well as housing for the Warden.
As the group passes through a small market at the southern edge of the bridge, there can be seen a small gathering of performers showing off talents. Though they seem skilled, none of the villagers passed seem to pay them any mind. They do seem to notice the group, however, with two of the members - a man and a woman - rushing up to meet the men.
"Hellooo~" says a young woman with short hair, who'd just been adeptly tossing knives at a wooden post, as she does a series of somersaults before landing near to the group. She is followed by a young man who juggles as we walks, doing an especially impressive flourish as he nears and giving a bow.
"Greetings, travelers," the man says, before the woman butts back in.
"You just arrived to the city? Finally! A new audience!"
"Come, come, we've much to show you," the man says, motioning for the group to head with them to a gathering of what can only be other, similar performers.
Red Bridge- [SHOW]
Rough Layout of City- [SHOW]
Inspiration for Bridge Itself- [SHOW]
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