Aroused from your bed with the sun still not even peeking over the horizon everyone wonders if the keep is under attack, but it isn't. It is a wonder that the Treylor didn't advance in the night as they did on the villiage you passed what seems like weeks and not just days ago. But Vance played to their honor and it seems they do indeed have some of that. You gather your belongings and head to the courtyard as the door to your room is being taken down and carried along before you.
Vance greets everyone with a warm hello in the courtyard where you have a quick breakfast standing up. And watch as doors to the keep are being takin across the bridge towards the villiage.
"More wood for the barricades," Vance says to your puzzled looks. Then the party walks down to the stables lead by torchbearers and find thier mounts saddled and ready for the days activities. Lurik is provided a horse as all the others already have one of their own. Brend is already there along with Skazul, Onesimus, Kase and Robert whom all are already mounted. Vance too mounts his horse and after letting the group mount he nods to Brend and
Onesimus. The two approach the party Brend edging towards Trinham and Onesimus riding up to Lora.
Brend asks Trinham how he is feeling and then begins praying to Devolin. He takes and touches Trinham on the shoulder making the young man feel like his old self again.
Onesimus takes a small sack and sickle that were in his lap and gives the to Lora.
"These were some of the valueables left behind by Aidan." he says giving them to her.
"I kept the javelins," he says moving his head to indicate the slim spears straped to his back.
"Thought they may help if I'm looking down an elf's bow. I'm.. I'm sorry about Aidan," he continues before turning back to join Vance's entourage. Not finding any hand wepon in the armory the night before Lora stares at the sickle wondering.
All done the strike group turns their horses about and ride to the head of the column being formed by walking villiagers. A small chill hangs in the air as the group and it's men file out of the villiage. A few carts follow behind the mass of walking men, each piled high with wood planks and beams. It looks like they will have to assemble the barricade when they reach their
destination. The group rides along behind Vance and the others each lost to his own thoughts, but each thinking about the same thing, the battle to come.
Reaching the open field as the sky starts to lighten, the men of the villiage hurriedly begin constructing the barricades. The party watches them and the tree line across the field as they noisely begin hammering planks and doors to cross beams, even tearing up the carts to provide wood. The noise draws the attention of the elves that are over 200 yards away in the eastern treeline. You all see movement among the trees and then a shrill elvish horn blows causing the elves to melt away back into the forest.
"Hurry," Vance says to the men as they finish the two smaller walls and go to help with the larger center one. More calls from the elvish horn sound from the forest. Causing the workers to work even harder, and the group watches as the get the ten foot tall wall raised up and supported by large beams. It leans back and looks like a hodge podge of wood but it also looks servicable. As the large wall was being braced a strange drumming sound can be heard coming from the direction of the Treylor.
Marching out of the woods comes the Treylor host. Three neat square blocks of elves come out of the woods, the front rank beating their bright red shields in time to the march. Off to both sides more elves can be seen lining up in what appears to be archer lines. There is no sign of anything that could be the command squad, they must still be in the woods. The marching and drumming stop, and the Treylor are still more than a hundred yards away.
The elf horn gives two quick shrills and then Vance yells, "
Get down! Behind the cover!"
As a hundred arrows take to the sky...
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Init I guess and I will post you in the stat box in that order. the three blocks of troops are exactly 345 feet away. The first map won't be 5'/5' squares. And if you wish to return fire you may just remeber long range penalties.
Some notes:
Trinham's back to 14 DEX
Aidan's sack-
bear headed brooch
potion of healing
24gp
5sp
Ok I'm leaving the library and headed to Roy's for dinner and to finish getting us ready for the big battle
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