my enemy, a (((shylock))) vizier is transporting gold in the Empire
gold that could be righteously used for funding my organization and defeating the undead raiders and overthrowing the governor (I don’t like him because he’s fat and lazy)
organized banditry is a very profitable career especially when you can’t get prosecuted for being a hero AND a noblechad (the banditry just makes me more heroic)
outnumbered, the caravan guard have pikes and crossbowmen, well-prepared, my retainers are mostly just peasants I’ve conscripted with platitudes of “gold” and “honor”
all of it is true, of course
caravan comes into view