"Yes, please watch for trouble Nijel, I don't care much for our orders either, but we must not give the enemy anything they can use." Alban heads for the other house to look for inhabitants.
Dismounting and having posted lookouts, the party makes a search of the yard and finds it empty. The clacking of chikens can be heard from the hen house as well as two cows and a brace of pigs confined to pens. Searching the house the party discovers a grizzly site. Several people can be seen at a table set for breakfeast, blood pooling on the table. an inspection shows that their throats have been cut.
Having a sudden inspiration, Nijel will go to the barns. He will ride Saint Josiah into each one in turn, and while he is in each one, he will announce, "Hello, is there anyone in this barn? We are Soldiers of the Light come a bit too late, I fear. We have come to help, so please show yoursleves if you are here. We are under orders to destroy all buldings, so you will not be safe inside. We want to help you." Then he will wait a moment to make sure there are no responses, and then go to the next barn and repeat the process. Then, if he finds no one alive, Nijel will return to his post.
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"Damn," swears Cairnwalker at the sight of the dead homesteaders. He is immediately on the defensive as if expecting an attack. He hadn't expected the enemy to have gotten this far along already, but it seemed their lines extended further than he had imagined.
Drawing his blade, just to be safe, the knight inspects the rest of the house to make certain no one, friend or foe, is present.
__________________ -Rhun
"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death." -Robert Fulghum
"Could orcs have gotten in and slit throats like this without a man rising to defend himself?" Alban compares the number of places set to the number of bodies. He examines the bodies briefly and checks to see if it appears they have been stripped of valuables. "I suspect there was treachery from within. If you find anyone alive Cairnwalker don't turn your back on them." Alban goes outside to inform the others of the sad discovery within.
OOC:
Spoiler:
He also does a Heal Check (1d20+8=18) . Does it seem that they could have been poisoned, drugged or enspelled before they were slain?
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Finding nothing in the barn, Nijel will begin looking around for his brother Aidan. When he sees Aidan atop the barn, he will say, "So, Aidan, what tidings?"
Padraig moves back toward his companions. They're a ways off yet. How many more of these settlements are we likely to see? We've only got nine or ten miles on them, and they'll make that up quickly enough if we stay put.
"So, friend Padraig, you're saying that we should make the best time that we are able to make, and not stop at all, if we can help it? We've done absoutely no good by stopping here, in fact we've wasted our time and fallen a little bit further behind. I also say we press onward with all possible haste." Nijel, disgusted, mounts and prepares to move out.
Roak rejoins his companions, a look of disgust on his face. "A dead toddler in one of the rooms. And an empty cradle. My guess is that someone managed to save an infant and escape." Cairnwalker sheaths his blade and nods to Alban. "Burn it."
__________________ -Rhun
"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death." -Robert Fulghum
Ewan follows the tracks towards the pen searching ahead for signs of the one leaving the trace.
For DM
Tracking check = 24 for info on tracks leading to the pen.
Do the tracks seem to be from someone large or small? Are they well shod, worn, roughshod, or barefoot?
Spot check = 14 looking for source of the tracks or hiding places ahead where tracks are leading.
__________________ "All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages."
Wm Shakespeare -- From As You Like It (II, vii, 139-143)
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Tracking the footprints with ease, Ewan determines that they are most likely from and adolescent male. The footprints lead to an area behind the hen house. Searching the area Ewan discovers a large boulder hidden by tall grass and the footprints stop/
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[/sblock]Tracking the footprints with ease, Ewan determines that they are most likely from and adolescent male. The footprints lead to an area behind the hen house. Searching the area Ewan discovers a large boulder hidden by tall grass and the footprints stop/[/sblock]
Having previously intended to follow along with Ewan, Nijel does not want to cause the group to be spread too thin, and so will stop in front of the henhouse and signal behind him to gain the others' attention. "Ho! Fellows!"
Roak walks slowly across the yard to join Nijel. "What have you got?"
__________________ -Rhun
"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death." -Robert Fulghum
OOC: Would the boulder or the hen house be tall enough and large enough for someone to remain out of sight on top of? Otherwise, search around the boulder for a hidden cellar entrance.
__________________ "All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages."
Wm Shakespeare -- From As You Like It (II, vii, 139-143)
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