In 1315 Pavlo was the tourmarch of the border fortress of Pertuis in the Pyrenees. During May of that year, Pavlo sat down to draft his monthly report to his superiors. In it, he outlined the status of his forces, traffic through the pass and tolls collected, and drills conducted by his troops. The last included careful records of the amount of liquid fire expended and seals from empty tuns. He also indicated that the Franco-Saxons had been active in the woods to the north of the fortress. Since those were on their side of the border, Pavlo could only make enquiries and was informed that they were after a band of robbers.