An unknown individual, one that Astrid had neither hard of before, nor had any reason to be made aware of. The person, a tall man dressed in attire a bit uncharacteristic of the typical Hosenka person. Neither extravagant nor particularly fancy, not indicating any sort of wealth either, it did not seem to matter much given the amount of confidence that he conducted himself with. He knew what he wanted, seemed to know what Astrid wanted, and did not make any sort of spectacle of the matter. He simply approached her, indicating that he was an interested party that knew of her plight and was offering to help.
His offer was surprising, not only due to it being one that came out of the blue, but the timing of it seemed to make it sound too good to believe. A resolution appearing before her after her initial plan seemed to have failed? It felt too good to be true, as far as she were concerned.
The man explained that her request had gone through the appropriate channels. There were certainly those who were looking to have provided her assistance, whether it were motivated by the price being offered, the belief that helping her would garner influence from her father, or otherwise hoping to hold the favor over her. But the problem that had arisen were the conflicting motivations more than anything else with some individuals willing to go as far as they felt necessary to secure the contract, even if it meant killing off the competition.
Thus, a war of sorts had begun, with plenty of the prospective fellows all looking to secure the deal to transfer Astrid to Oak Town with multiple bodies already having been felled in the process.
It was also where this man had come in, not wanting to involve himself in the conflict but hoping to deal with getting Astrid out of Hosenka as quickly as possible. It may not have been in the best interest of some of the competitors, but her being gone was in the best interest for Hosenka as a whole.
867/1400 (-20% Censor of Dragon's Blood, -10% Zera'thul)