Cedric & his accomplices will be invited to assist by the People of the Silent Plains, who have some complaints about the balance of power between them and the Exalted March troops. Their scouting has led to the discovery of the supply caravan's route and other details needed for the attack, but they lack the manpower to pull it off alone. The last time they did this, though, they got less than what they considered their fair share of the supplies, leading to a current shortage bordering on a crisis. They're counting on Riftwatch to help tilt the scale further in their favor. On the other side of this argument, the Marchers will argue that they put up more manpower and take greater risks for these joint endeavors—they provide footsoldiers, and more of them, while the People are smaller in number and more often ranged fighters and scouts who stay out of direct danger. Riftwatch won't have enough sway to dictate the division of the loot, but it may be able to tip the scale toward the People, convince the People to be content with a limited share, or both at once.

You're free to invent NPCs and add other complications to this as you see fit: they might discover something particularly useful to the war in the caravan that the two sides are both desperate to have, the disagreement between the two sides might come to blows, a hungry local village in need of some help might also enter the equation, etc.

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