The group is ready to leave within an hour of hearing out Bean over drinks. While the Ebonring Keep is west-northwest of Lothis, your journey begins to the south along the caravan road to Gahanis. According to the locals, you'll follow that road to the southwest for just over a day on foot. A few miles past the Grumblewood Roadhouse, there will be a lesser used road that leads west out to the Keep.
The first few hours of the trip are pleasant. The road is well-traveled and in serviceable condition. Numerous small villages and farms dot the rolling plains for several miles from Lothis, but start to disappear within a couple hours of hiking. Only scattered clusters of trees and the occasional boulder break up the landscape.
Due to your start in the early afternoon, you will be unable to make it to Grumblewood by nightfall. Worse than being forced to make camp on the plains, dark clouds loom on the western horizon as dusk approaches. From experience, you expect to be wet within a couple hours.
[OOC: Those who wished to purchase gear can do so at the market just outside the Liars' Club or the mercantile store at AU or PHB prices. Also, could you please establish a (loose) marching order as well as any watch arrangements you might desire.]
