truth will out
Jun. 19th, 2023 11:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marycatelliIn fact, it will.
The hero realizes that those who took over his childhood village were in cahoots with the necromancer, but has no evidence.
The wizard who lived nearby, knowing less about how long it takes to rebuild, and coming later so time blurs the evidence, will nevertheless realize it once he hears that the king's men were told that nothing happened. The villagers moved in so swiftly (perhaps claiming a fire?) that the king's men did not know there was a massacre. A certain amount of indifference on their part, from the king's unwillingness and inability to act, would prevent their digging too deeply.
Either one could prove the perfidy by testifying that there was such an attack.
Hmm. . . perhaps the hero might be disbelieved. On the other hand, he could produce some witnesses (once he knows they survived) that he told of the attack shortly after it. And he could point out that the church is dedicated to a new patron saint. That you would not do, even after a fire. The bishop would be on your case about superstition if you did.
Important point, though. When will this happen?
The hero realizes that those who took over his childhood village were in cahoots with the necromancer, but has no evidence.
The wizard who lived nearby, knowing less about how long it takes to rebuild, and coming later so time blurs the evidence, will nevertheless realize it once he hears that the king's men were told that nothing happened. The villagers moved in so swiftly (perhaps claiming a fire?) that the king's men did not know there was a massacre. A certain amount of indifference on their part, from the king's unwillingness and inability to act, would prevent their digging too deeply.
Either one could prove the perfidy by testifying that there was such an attack.
Hmm. . . perhaps the hero might be disbelieved. On the other hand, he could produce some witnesses (once he knows they survived) that he told of the attack shortly after it. And he could point out that the church is dedicated to a new patron saint. That you would not do, even after a fire. The bishop would be on your case about superstition if you did.
Important point, though. When will this happen?