The Broken Roost-Oath

UncommonBounty hunts · Act IIIAct III

From a bounty poster

Target: Oren Whitepinion, accused oath-breaker · 💀💀💀 · 95 silver

“Deserted his warbird squadron mid-raid, leaving three crewmates to die. Wanted alive by the clan elders at the judging stone.”

Possible rewards: Windcaller's Vane

7 scenes. Choices with a requirement only appear when you meet it.

The Hermit Ledge

Sail to The Hermit Ledge (1–3 passages away)1

Track down the accused oath-breaker Oren Whitepinion at the Hermit Ledge.

A damaged warbird skiff rests on the cliff ledge with one wing-spar in splints. An Avian officer in a second-in-command's harness is lashing a replacement spar into place alone. He glances up at your guns and keeps working. "So the elders hired an outside ship. Before you haul me to the judging stone, ask me what that raid was actually targeting."

Land on the ledge and hear his side of the story.
Keeping his hands busy with the rope lashings, he tells you what happened—though he clearly doesn't expect a bounty hunter to care.
→ The Truth of the Raid
[Avian] Send crewmate down to greet him by clan custom and hear his story.
Crew: Avian
crewmate lands beside him and offers a flask of water before speaking a word. Oren drinks, tells the whole story plainly, and marks his former squadron's patrol routes on your chart.
Reveal 2 waypoints
→ The Truth of the Raid
Aim your cannons and order him to surrender immediately or burn with his skiff.
Instead of surrendering, he slices the last mooring line and launches the half-repaired skiff straight off the cliff into battle.
Battle: Clan warbird · Close rangeIf you win:+3 bolts
→ The Prisoner's Warning
Leave it for now.
You pull back from the ledge, leaving him to his repairs.

The Truth of the Raid

Right away2

"War-leader Sigrun Ashcrest led our squadron against a lowland logging camp at night," Oren explains. "She ordered us to firebomb the bunkhouses while the loggers were asleep inside. I refused and pulled my half of the squadron back. Three flyers followed her in anyway and were shot down by the camp's anti-air battery. Now she blames me for their deaths."

A hunting horn echoes upwind as two clan warbirds dive fast along the cliff face. "That's my old squadron—and Sigrun didn't send them to bring me back alive."

Bring Oren aboard and fight your way past the warbirds toward the judging stone.
Oren climbs aboard with nothing but his flight harness as the lead warbird banks hard to cut off your escape.
Battle: Clan warbird · Long rangeIf you win:+15 silver
→ The Judging Stone
[Helm 2] Have crewmate dive through the narrow rock overhang to shake the pursuing warbirds.
Crew: Helm 2+
crewmate threads your ship beneath the stone overhang with inches to spare. The lead warbird tries to follow, clips the rock face, and emerges crippled on the far side with her guns still firing.
+1 Helm skill XPBattle: Clan warbird · Close rangeIf you win:+15 silver
→ The Judging Stone
Stand your ground with Oren and defeat both warbirds right here.
Oren cuts his own skiff loose and climbs to your quarterdeck to call out his former squadron's weak points as both warbirds dive in to attack.
Battle: Clan warbird · Close rangeIf you win:+4 bolts+20 silver
→ Witnesses to the Order

The Prisoner's Warning

Right away3

Oren sits shackled in your hold with his wings strapped flat. "Ask me what that raid was really for," he tells every guard who brings him water.

Up above, your lookout calls down: a heavy warbird flying a war-leader's red pennant has been shadowing you for an hour and is now signaling a parley—offering more silver than the bounty poster if you hand Oren over right now.

Ignore the shadowing warbird and fly Oren straight to the judging stone.
You hold your course. The warbird with the red pennant falls back slightly, continuing to shadow you.
→ The Judging Stone
Go down to the brig and ask Oren what happened on the raid.
He tells you plainly: War-leader Sigrun Ashcrest ordered a night firebombing on sleeping loggers in their bunkhouses. Oren refused and pulled his half of the squadron out, while three flyers who obeyed her were killed by the camp's guns. "She put the bounty on me before I could reach the elders to report her."
→ The Judging Stone
Heave to and hear the war-leader's offer.
She brings her warbird alongside your hull and steps onto your deck holding a heavy purse of silver.
→ War-Leader Ashcrest

The Judging Stone

At a port4

Deliver Oren Whitepinion to the clan elders at the judging stone.

High above the port, the clan elders sit in a circle around a flat gray judging stone, with War-leader Sigrun Ashcrest standing at their right hand. Your crew march Oren into the center of the ring. The eldest matriarch looks to you: "If the captain who brought him has anything to report, speak now. Otherwise, collect your bounty and go."

Say nothing—hand Oren over and collect the bounty.
A clan paymaster counts your silver onto the stone. Oren doesn't look back as Ashcrest steps forward to deliver a damning, unchallenged accusation.
+1 The Clans standing
The questline ends here.
Testify before the elders about Ashcrest's order to burn the sleeping loggers.
You state the facts plainly: the night raid, the order to burn the sleeping bunkhouses, and why Oren pulled his flyers back. The hall goes dead silent as the eldest matriarch slowly turns her gaze on Ashcrest.
→ Trial by Combat
Bring forward Oren's captured wingmates to testify against War-leader Ashcrest.
Two flyers from Ashcrest's own squadron step forward and confirm that she ordered them to burn sleeping civilians. Stripping Ashcrest of her command pennant on the spot, the elders pay your full bounty and have their shipwrights repair your hull in gratitude.
+2 The Clans standing+6 hull
The questline ends here.

Witnesses to the Order

Right away5

The cliff ledge falls quiet. One warbird lies wrecked on the rocks below, while the captured crew of the second sit disarmed on the stone. Oren studies his former wingmates. "They heard Sigrun's unlawful order too, and they're willing to testify at the judging stone if you carry us there. Or you can leave me here in exile—the clan won't hunt a man they believe died on the rocks."

Fly Oren and his captured wingmates to the judging stone to testify against Ashcrest.
The surviving flyers board your ship willingly, bringing crates of heavy crossbow bolts to restock your magazines.
+4 bolts
→ The Judging Stone
Offer him a place in your crew.
Oren signs your crew manifest—scratching out his clan rank and writing his name plain. The elders will soon hear that the bounty hunter they hired recruited their fugitive instead.
New crewmate: Oren Whitepinion, Avian, Rigger−1 The Clans standing
The questline ends here.
Let Oren go free into exile and claim the wind-vane from his wrecked skiff.
Oren unbolts the masterwork clan wind-vane from his skiff himself and hands it to you before walking away along the cliff trail.
Relic: Windcaller's Vane−1 The Clans standing
The questline ends here.

War-Leader Ashcrest

Right away6

War-leader Sigrun Ashcrest is a tall, iron-gray Avian with a commanding voice. "The clan elders posted Oren alive so they can listen to his excuses at the judging stone. I'm paying more to have him silenced. Hand him over now, and tell the world you never found him." Behind her, her gunners stand at the ready.

Take Ashcrest's silver bribe and hand Oren over to her.
Two of her warriors drag Oren across the rail without a word, and she tosses you a heavy purse. By the time you reach the next port, every clan roost along the skyway knows your ship sold out a prisoner before trial.
+100 silver−1 The Clans standing
The questline ends here.
[Quartermaster] Have crewmate demand extra hush money on top of her bribe.
Crew: Quartermaster
crewmate points out that keeping your crew quiet costs extra. Stone-faced, Ashcrest adds another pouch of silver to the payout—though word of the betrayal spreads through the clan roosts anyway.
+130 silver−1 The Clans standing+1 heat
The questline ends here.
Refuse her bribe and fight your way to the judging stone.
Ashcrest steps back onto her own deck without haste. "Then neither of you will reach the stone." Her cannons roar before her mooring lines are even cast off.
Battle: Clan warbird · Close rangeIf you win:+20 silver
→ The Judging Stone

Trial by Combat

Right away7

Ashcrest doesn't deny giving the order. "A squadron obeys its commander! He broke formation, and three of ours died! If this outsider's word challenges mine, let our ships settle it in the sky!" The eldest nods—under clan law, Ashcrest has the right to trial by combat over the stone.

Oren glances at you. "You don't owe me your ship, Captain. You can still take your silver and walk away."

Accept the trial.
The entire hall pours out onto the cliff edge to watch as Ashcrest's warbird launches into the sky, guns primed.
Battle: Clan warbird · Close rangeIf you win:+2 The Clans standing+1 Gunnery skill XP
The questline ends here.
Decline the duel, take the bounty silver, and leave Oren to his fate.
The paymaster counts out your silver under the cold, silent stare of the elders, and you walk back down to your ship.
The questline ends here.
Waive the silver bounty and ask the elders to release Oren into your crew.
The elders confer and agree: as an outcast, Oren belongs to no roost. The matriarch slices off his officer's harness with her own knife and releases him into your service, complete with his rigger's tools and a case of bolts.
New crewmate: Oren Whitepinion, Avian, Rigger+4 bolts
The questline ends here.

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