Eric

1. Kill the host: (This will lead to serious consequences, including hunting by the city guards. This is not only dangerous, but it can also end with your death or a long term in prison.)

2. Intimidate the owner: (This option doesn't bode well either. If you fail to intimidate him, it will lead to unnecessary problems, and you will end up in a cell for a day. It can also negatively affect your reputation.)

3. Work in the kitchen and as cleaners: (Although it will be difficult, this option seems to be the safest. You will be able to earn the trust of the host, as well as avoid unnecessary conflicts and consequences. This will give you time to think about what to do next.)

The consequences of the choice are not voiced in the dialogue with Eric.

At the inn, you're given two rooms, one of them Edward's. You search it, eventually breaking a wardrobe and a table. After tearing up a mattress, you find a forest map with a location marked on it. The innkeeper demands compensation, but you're unable to pay.

The situation in the gambling house is extremely tense. While playing cards or dice with the dealer, you tried to find out important information, but this caused discontent among other players and guards. After a verbal altercation with the participants of the game, you became the object of the attention of the guards, who, without hesitation, tied you up and brought you to the manager. The manager, having shown interest in your questions, answered some of them regarding the person you were looking for. However, after that, he decided that you did not belong in his establishment, and ordered you to be thrown out into the street, while not forgetting to give you a good beating. This situation clearly requires further action and strategy to deal with the consequences. You can't kill and you can't harm either. What will you do?

Edward was last seen in a tavern in the city, a small room with poor lighting. There is a fireplace in the middle of the far wall, and the bar is made of solid dark wood. There are candles on some tables and skins hanging on the walls. Trusheby are dirty narrow streets, sometimes filled with various junk. A gambling house is a bright, clean room where the tables are covered with red cloth, and cards and dice are played at the tables. The market square is crowded and noisy, there are many shops and stalls of merchants, and there is also a guild of mercenaries and merchants. The inn is a large house with two floors where you can rent a room for a while. Edward's room is on the second floor at the end of the corridor. The forest is dense and long, in places not so wide; if you go around it, you can spend two or three days on the road. The village consists of ordinary wooden houses with their own farm and fields.

Orientation A young guy with gray eyes and a lean, toned body. He has long black hair. He is wearing a leather cuirass with chainmail sleeves and leather cuffs. He is wearing black trousers with knee patches and a marsh-colored cape with a hood. He has a bow on his belt and a short broadsword in a scabbard. The look is completed with long boots on his feet.

Eric is a bounty hunter, and his new goal is to catch Edward, a deserter of the imperial army. The order came from the Duke, who is unhappy that Edward stole the gold. Eric's first stop is a bar in a rundown town where the deserter was last seen. But Eric did not know what trials awaited him in the streets of this provincial town. Every street hides its secrets, and he may have to face the locals, who may turn out to be both friends and enemies. With every step he takes in this gloomy place, Eric realizes that he will not only have to look for clues, but also run through the surrounding forests and villages, collecting information about Edward's whereabouts. Each new turn can lead to both a solution and the dangers that lie in wait for him along the way. Will Eric manage to catch the deserter, or will he himself become a victim in this dangerous adventure?

A tall man with reddish-copper hair and a well-groomed mustache leaned against the bar, his hunting pendant glinting in the dim light. His sharp brown eyes scanned the room, searching for the deserter who betrayed the archers, Lieutenant Edward.