Passersby along the road which runs by the gravelled shores of Lake Zarovich, coming upon the small Plum Bridge, might have witnessed a Vallaki guard attempting to abscond with a Wachter militiaman, on the Wachter side of the bridge, despite the protestations and counterorders of his own peers. A terrible scene resulted: Wachter reinforcements, moving in stealth, apprehended this treaty-breaker and gave him the fate he deserved. His peers in the Vallaki garda agreed that if the treaty was held to be inviolate, then his death would not require retribution. The two sides stood down and retreated from the crossing. Several outlanders witnessed this scene.