New Tavern, New Recruits, and a Grand Heist!!!!

I swear this to be a true accounting of what I could only say was one of this most incredible days of my life. Where to even begin? The Hollow? the news of the Godfather? My expert compatriots? our new recruits and the pay day...the PAY DAY!!!
 
The wonderful tavern, the Songbird's Hollow, is finally up and running and already making a killing. Then a courier arrives with a letter from the Godfather of House Nightingale. He expresses his pride in us and wishes to meet......oh good lord, this is nerve racking, ..... we should find a gift to present him. The furnishes are all new, as are the tables and stools, the drinks are well stocked for now and hopefully will remain so for his arrival, but a truly glorious gift will curry much favor.
 
In the last few days, My favorite Brother has returned to our fair Glennhaven with an excited look on his young face. He says that our old acquaintance, Dorfex Trailblazer, recent secured himself a hefty payload, apparently as payment for securing the hamlet. He claims the payment comes in the form of gold bars....my Brother is young but incredibly observant and perceptive. And the wild look in his eyes tells me he what he saw is the truth.
 
We informed our Sister and she was very happy to hear that we may soon find ourselves with an influx of coin. We get to speaking and find our topic swing in regards to the recent rash of pickpocketing.....I swear it is not I. We realize that there are a few new followers of the craft in our little town and so we put out a call to them, if they are any good, perhaps they could join our little troupe, and if not, fall men are always good to have around.
 
We invite two potential recruits into the Hollow, gave them the whats-what, and a bit of discipline as to rules regarding the Hollow. They agree and we let them in on the prize and decide to do a bit of reconnaissance as well as treat this heist of ours as a way of testing their skills. My sweetpea played her role so perfectly, as if anything less could have been expected, She...and my Brother.....heard everything, what would I do without my darling and truest friend. There are decoys, There are hired Thugs, There are booming noises and fast horses.... Dorfex is a clever clever man.
 
As it turns out, these new Recruits are quite skilled, I am very impressed. Using one of there Contacts, our personal fence, we were able to learn there were 3 cases leaving Glennahven at dawn. They both entered Dorfex's tent, silent yes but aided by our Sister's magics. She is so lovely and resourceful, I certainly wish to learn more about her. They find a sealed letter with the correct label for OUR prize so we decide to use Brother's horse and Sister's cart and leave Glennahven for a few days, ahead of the destination of the 3 packages. Gildengard.
 
Of course Dorfex would hire Embermane Mercenaries, the best of the best guards to move his hoard. They are heavily armored, but perhaps they would stop for one of their own. We are days ahead of the cart and are lying in wait....One cart....two cart. And now our cart. Brother and I position ourselves on the road, disguised at the Embermane guards ourselves. We are not here to kill anyone, should they stop, we will have them disembark and hand over the treasure., no one should be harmed ......The guards were not stopping soo.......
 
DEAR GODS WHAT HAVE I DONE!!!! I....I only meant to fell the horse...... The lady of the lake had blessed my bow.....I had no inkling that striking the horse with such force would cause the carriage to Jackknife. It flung the driver to my feet a good 60 yards, he was unconscious! One of the hired soldiers were badly hurt the other manage to brace himself and then began to engage but before either could reach me, my comrades peppered them with arrows. Killing one of them and knocking the other unconscious as well!! My favorite Sister aided the driver and the final guard with her magic in order to save the man's life, I felt so terrible to gave the driver a small sack full of gold... I hope when he awakens he will be no worse for the ware. We unloaded the package and loaded the two knocked out men into the carriage and sent it on his way, keeping the magical bridles the horses kept in their mouths.
 
Of course Dorfex was clever enough to trap the package, but due to our recruits findings of the sealed letter before, they knew the password and disabled the trap. Then with a bit unlocking and disabling of the secondary trap, a naughty pistol waiting to puncture my face, we had our prize in hand. Then came the issue of how to get it home, under the cover of darkness, certainly, but knowing Dorfex would soon depart after his package, we decide to wait him out. We do manage to spot him leaving, seemingly none the wiser that his package had been pilfered. We bring the box in with our bars and who awaits us in our closed tavern? Mother Sparrow herself, it seems some other little birdy tipped her off on our score. She demanded no tribute this time, but applauded us for our ingenuity and foresight to prepare for the Godfather's arrival. We invite our Fence and by the gods!! He can actually talk, will wonders never cease!!! He too is a crafty one, able to fence our haul on the spot. You know being apart of this family surely is beneficial, I should go and check on mother soon.
 
But first, we three must deal with an over zealous Sheriff......
 
Bryn Nightingale