A Widening View of Affairs

This was written in response to a prompt from M.B. asking for more of Slinderin. This follows on from Things That are Needful and runs to 1,448 words. This series was inspired by Ursula Vernon's Paladin rant on Twitter (unfortunately my link to that no longer works) and is dedicated to The Militant Order of St Wombus (said Order must be copyright Ursula Vernon). I hope you enjoy this.

Four guests sat down to dinner together that night in The Travellers Rest in Ailstbridge. They were: Acorn Elmsfather and Russet Thornfruit who were paladins of Humia; the Reverend Morthi, a priestess of Agricus; and Slinderin Elmsfather who was Acorn's son and currently a pilgrim following his unsuccessful candidature for Humia's service. Slinderin was also the only one of them who'd been in the village when the attack that had led to the other three being here had occurred.

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