((OOC: This thread is open by request, so feel free to PM me if you want to jump in :D
Edit: changed thread title to avoid similarity with another thread title.))
The caravan rolled steadily over the plains. It wasn't a large collection of people and wagons, with only 14 carts making it up, but it was hopefully large enough to deter the raiders so commonly encountered found on the plains. And if it wasn't, well that was what Phintil was here for. And the rest of the caravan guards the traveling merchant's had hired.
Phintil the lizardman in particular had been doing this kind of work for a couple years now, escorting traders across the plains, for several reasons actually. One was of course the pay. The money was good and he was always looking for another payout. The more money he had, the closer he was to realizing his dream. That was the other reason he did this kind of work so frequently. His dream.
Phintil desired some day to become a great mercenary captain. Of course, the first step to that level was recruiting his first follower, his second-in-command, his proverbial right-hand-man. He hadn't had much luck so far, but that wouldn't stop him from trying!
He figured that fellow caravan guards and sell-swords were the place to look for just such a man, so he made a point of it to ask all warriors on a caravan journey if they were interested in joining him to form a great mercenary company!
He only asked each once, he wasn't desperate enough to beg, and by now, a quarter of the way trough the trip or so, he'd already made his way through about half of the caravan. Thinking of which, he noticed a warrior standing alone that he hadn't asked yet. He smiled like a predatory hunter that had identified it's prey. He went over to them, beginning the conversation with as much cheer as he could put into his voice: "Hey, are you interested in becoming the first member of the mercenary band I'm trying to create?"
No one ever said that Phintil was the smoothest talker.
((OOC: So if you're interested, please PM me. Oh, and you don't have to be the person Phintil's talking to, that can quite easily be an NPC, and your character by no means has to become Phintil's first follower or anything crazy like that (unless they want to be ???). I'm quite happy with having any character who would be involved with the caravan along, or maybe if your character is a raider or bandit that the caravan is trying to avoid! Bottom line, I'm pretty open to things, so feel free to send a PM and we can see if we can make it work ;D))
