The battle is joined.

Rushing forward, you lead your men into the cave system the bandits are using. Flickering oil lamps provide light as you push through a narrow, rock-hewn corridor. The passage opens up suddenly, and you find yourself in a spacious cavern. Another dozen or so bandits, having heard the commotion outside, leap forward, brandishing weapons and shouting - you bellow a war cry in response and, hardly knowing what you're doing, charge at them, brandishing your own.

You manage to get a few good blows in before you see something that brings you up short: there's a massive man, a bandit, charging into the crowd with a roar. He's got a shock of black hair and a bushy black beard. {if Slaves Complete = True}Clearly, this is Brutus, Martina's lover. {elseif Neighbors Complete = True}You suspect this is Brutus, the man that Artorius feared so much. {endif}He's cutting through your men like he's harvesting a field of wheat - and he's headed your way!