The Evans' Fortune Recovered and a Body Found

We found the Evans brothers, or one of them, at least.  We made our way out to Duckley's farm this morning, and spent a few minutes watching the place before moving in.  It seemed to be deserted, so we weren't expecting what we found.

There were no guards in the farmyard, and we burst into the farmhouse; Kenner lead the charge.  There was a little bit of a scuffle, as one remaining bodyguard attacked him, but he and Daran (who was right behind him) overcame the guard very quickly.  The short, stocky man inside was starting to make a break for the back door.  He didn't get very far as I'd already stepped in the way.  He was Graham Evans.  We had a little 'discussion'.  From what he told us, his brother Brian had gone out to the Ambrose farm two days ago, he'd gone to meet Wilson.

Our search of the farmhouse turned up some money - it seems the Evans boys have been keeping their cash stashed here.  We confiscated it, and carried it with us back to town.  There must be upwards of ten thousand gold crowns in there.  We left the bodyguard on the floor, but took Graham Evans back to town with us.

The local traders were very interested in receiving the 'donation' of money that we brought them.  They were also quite pleased to take custody of Graham Evans.  We didn't hang around for long, but we went out to the Ambrose farm, it was already getting towards lunchtime and we wanted to avoid being out there at lunchtime.

In the end we needn't have hurried.  The farm was still in operation, the farmer was happy knowing nothing about the barn he had rented out.  The rent was paid for another four months, and he didn't go out there.  We did, though.  We warned him what had been going on with the Evans brothers, and he was quite shocked.  We had to break into the barn - there was a lock on the outside.  Inside the smell was terrible - we'd finally found Wilson.  He hadn't come here to die after the beating we gave him - he'd come here to recover, but someone else had found him.  That someone had locked his dead or dying body in here.  He'd been beaten again, the bruises on the body were far more than we'd given him, but the cause of death were two stab wounds in his back.  He'd bled to death.

It's a horrible way to die, but he'd been involved in this world for many years.  It is, in many ways, a fitting end for such a scumbag.  We found no more money or stock stored in the barn, so we left the body and returned to town.  We didn't even ask what the local traders had done with Graham Evans.  We think Brian Evans has run off northwards.  We're now washing our hands of this matter - the rogues guild has been smashed, their money has been returned to those it was taken from, and half the masterminds behind it have been captured and handed over.

Personally, I'm really just looking forward to a good nights sleep with no watch duty.  It's been quite a tiring couple of days.