Find the Duke of Ursar.

"Hmm, what's this?" Ava whispered to herself. She started to read how a local lord named Arthur Olso, the Duke of Ursar, may be the most important man in this world. Apparently this duke found some "ancient weapon" that could potentially turn the tides of the War of the Kingdoms. Ava continued to read the posting with more intrigue with each new sentence.

"The duke suddenly went missing just before he was going to present the weapon to the human alliance," Ava read out load to herself. "The one to find the duke, finds the weapon, and could end the War of the Kingdoms. Or, if fallen into the wrong hands, could bring an even darker age of chaos." Ava leaned back from the large bulletin. "Maybe Agent Violet tried to find the duke in a sense of duty to save this world...hopefully not for the other reason," she began to contemplate. After a few moments she decided she needed to at least start somewhere to find her fellow GDF agent, and why not start with the duke.

Ava looked at a map at the center of the large wooden post. To the west was Ilyalean forest, the route the duke was supposed going to take to arrive in the city. While Ava knew she wouldn’t find the duke, strolling down a forest trail waiting to be found, it might give her some clues or at least a starting point. She scanned the mission billing one more time to memorize the information and was on her way. She made a quick stop at a small outdoor market for some supplies before finding herself in the lush emerald trees of the Ilyalean forest.

After about thirty minutes of walking with nothing but trees and silence around her, Ava began to rethink her mission choice. Just when she was thinking about the other missions, and maybe the brothel, she heard a the echoes of shouts and steel blades in the distance. Thinking the duke may be closer than she thought, and in danger, Ava sprinted towards the sounds of struggle. Once she finally saw the cause of the commotion, she hid behind a tree and slowly peeked around her thick bark cover.

Bloodied bodies and displaced swords littered the ground of an open clearing in the woods before her. A large wooden carriage was in the center of the chaos, the horses whining but not spooked enough to make a run for it. Just as Ava was about to investigate, two figures came into view. Both were dressed in a mix of fine leather and chain mail armor. The larger one, an older man with gray hair and matching beard, sported a dagger in each hand. The other figure, had their face partially hidden by a cloak. But the frame of their body and feminine grunts with each swing of their long sword allowed Ava to confidently assume this was a woman.

Both continued to duel with neither warrior gaining an inch. For all Ava knew, this could be Arthur Olso defending himself and the ancient weapon from a would be assassin. In the other hand, the duke could still be in the carriage and the woman could be his last line of defense. She could just let it play out but, if Ava stepped in, she could help out one and find out who was the real enemy of the duke. She unsheathed her sword and took a deep breath before jumping from her hiding place. As she charged them both, the man and woman froze to see a new challenger entering the fray. The only question is, who does Ava attack?