Marian is not a subtle woman. I mean she's big for a woman, she swing a huge mace, carries a large shotgun, and has a presence you really can't ignore (as well as a horrible laugh, seriously this laugh its the worst thing). So the thought of her sneaking up on a manor as she described it to me seemed alien. It would be like me saying I negoatiated something artfully, its hard to buy. Still since I did not witness this and I'm only reporting it second hand I have to go with her description. The Manor was thankfully not near any city enough to worry about random people walking by, which also provided a complication because it meant Marian couldn't rely on a crowd to mask her approach. Though she had a plan, a plan that even I kind of balked at.
"Halt!" The guard at the front was wearing one of those silly suit/uniform things that really rich people make their bodyguards wear. I have no idea why really, it always looks ridiculous. This particular set also was dressed in bright yellow, or so Marian claims, she could just have been screwing with me.
"I have a letter from the Council, special delivery." Yes her plan was dressed as a mercenary with a large mace and shotgun to pretend to be some kind of special courier. When she relayed this story she was about half past drunk, so take this with the usual amount of belief you trust in me. The guard turned to look back for some kind of supervisor and that was the last thing he ever did. Marian had hopped off her horse and using her warhammer as a bit of a crank snapped his neck in one swift motion. Unfortunately she did it in the middle of a lamp light and the guards were in position to cover each other with sightlines. A shout from in front of her was answered with two roars of the shotgun (Marian was again not a subtle lady). Which only drew the rest of the guards to her position. She quickly reloaded the gun and caught the guard running from her left with another double barrel blast. The guard to her right found out that while not intended to be swung one handed Marian can still pull off the maneuver and splattered his skull all over the opening yard area.
With the jig effectively up she just decided to crash through the patio doors and bring the councilman down to just end the whole thing early. Unfortunately as soon as she crashed through the doors she tripped a magical barrier (pro tip about antimagical trinkets, they are completely useless) and trapped herself inside. It wasn't exactly a huge difference considering she was there to kill the councilman either way, but it did make escaping/murdering everyone a bit harder.
"Welcome to my parlor fly." The voice boomed all around her and Marian knew just like everything else in life, things went from bad to worse.
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