Moonlit Stalk — Skirmish with Highway Bandits

You found the bandits at the edge of a scrubby lane where moonlight and shadow blended—perfect stalking ground. Two of them tried a hit-and-run, using darkness and thickets for cover. After the skirmish you searched their kit and a shallow cache behind a dead bramble: practical tools for a stalker, a few personal valuables, and one item obviously kept for silent work in the dark. The haul reflects opportunistic thieves and hunters rather than a well-equipped mercenary band: lightweight weapons, worn leather, a grappling kit, a little coin and a stash of trade goods for quick sale or daily survival.