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<blockquote data-quote="Beale Knight" data-source="post: 2781115" data-attributes="member: 7033"><p><strong>Session 15: Fey Favor, Watch & Plot</strong></p><p></p><p>The halflings continued to make ready for their move to Maissen the morning we left. There were no pressing concerns, so we followed our original plan and headed to the gnomes. Our course took us to the swampy region that lay between the halfling village and the gnomes, and though we saw evidence of ogres and dog-men (gnolls) on the move (about a day ahead of us and headed a different direction), we saw no trouble.</p><p></p><p>As we reached the river we heard a horrible animal cry. Ahead of us we saw a pitiful sight. A bear cub had somehow gotten itself trapped on a rock well out in the river, beyond the reach of its mother, who was fretfully pacing on the riverbed trying to help. </p><p></p><p>Dumb Bear and Bobrack waited at the horses, ready to help the rest of us make a quick exit if our rescue efforts went bad. Aneirin stood ready to fend off a possibly angry bear as Bessie summoned a hippogriff to distract her. Ren meanwhile crept along the far side of some trees and made a lasso. </p><p></p><p>It took three efforts and suffering some fierce warning growls from the mother bear before we successfully roped the cub and pulled it to shore. As soon as we did, the nearby tree and river itself shimmered. </p><p></p><p>From nowhere a woman’s soft voice said, “I told you they could be trusted. Speak your names that we may be sure.”</p><p></p><p>A woman with skin like soft bark stepped out from the tree to face us. At the river bank, the water coalesced and took the form of a second woman. We found ourselves face to face with a dryad and a water nymph! </p><p></p><p>We gave our names and the pair were pleased we were who they supposed us to be. It seemed that they had a problem with which they needed some help. The help of heroes whose reputations had preceded them. Our help.</p><p></p><p>Two hags had taken over a cave behind a waterfall up river. One was the hag we had fought days earlier, but these forest fey called her Gelda. She and her sister, along with a host of ogres, gnolls, goblins, and other monster men had set up a fief there, scorching the earth within a wide perimeter. </p><p></p><p>They were despoiling the land and had to be removed. Furthermore, they had stolen things from River, the water nymph. The fey were naturally limited in what they could do, and requested out aid. We promised to take a look, and decide based on what we saw.</p><p></p><p>Our hours of observations yielded quite a bit of information. The site was simplicity to find – following the river took us right to an area of scorched earth surrounding a waterfall. On an outcropping of rock atop the falls was a ballista operated by an ogre, and on one slightly downriver from the falls hosted three goblins more interested in their dice game than on their watch duties. Most intimidating was the trex, a giant bipedal lizard that seemed to live at the falls, something like a friendly stray dog that likes the people that live where it does, but that isn’t any kind of pet. As we watched we saw a water ogre jump up from the river to discipline the goblins, forcing their attention back on their duty.</p><p></p><p>Slowly, we developed a plan. Then we changed it several times. Bessie came up with the idea of asking the fey to see if the local farunk tribes could and would send aid, and the answer came back in the affirmative. Come the morning of the attack, we would have the aid of 18 farunk from three different tribes. River further agreed to aid us by subduing the trex; it was within her power to make it sleep. It was also within her power to “freeze” the river for a short time, making it as a solid surface for easier crossing. </p><p></p><p>We took this all into account and changed out plan some more. Aneirin and Ren spent the next day observing the site, learning a bit more, and returned to change the plan a little bit more. The following day, Day 56 since leaving Maissen, we were ready.</p><p></p><p>Dawn saw us meeting one group of farunk and heading east along the river’s south bank. We got as close as we dared to the caged kobold guard Aneirin and Ren had noticed the day before and began to put our plan into play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beale Knight, post: 2781115, member: 7033"] [b]Session 15: Fey Favor, Watch & Plot[/b] The halflings continued to make ready for their move to Maissen the morning we left. There were no pressing concerns, so we followed our original plan and headed to the gnomes. Our course took us to the swampy region that lay between the halfling village and the gnomes, and though we saw evidence of ogres and dog-men (gnolls) on the move (about a day ahead of us and headed a different direction), we saw no trouble. As we reached the river we heard a horrible animal cry. Ahead of us we saw a pitiful sight. A bear cub had somehow gotten itself trapped on a rock well out in the river, beyond the reach of its mother, who was fretfully pacing on the riverbed trying to help. Dumb Bear and Bobrack waited at the horses, ready to help the rest of us make a quick exit if our rescue efforts went bad. Aneirin stood ready to fend off a possibly angry bear as Bessie summoned a hippogriff to distract her. Ren meanwhile crept along the far side of some trees and made a lasso. It took three efforts and suffering some fierce warning growls from the mother bear before we successfully roped the cub and pulled it to shore. As soon as we did, the nearby tree and river itself shimmered. From nowhere a woman’s soft voice said, “I told you they could be trusted. Speak your names that we may be sure.” A woman with skin like soft bark stepped out from the tree to face us. At the river bank, the water coalesced and took the form of a second woman. We found ourselves face to face with a dryad and a water nymph! We gave our names and the pair were pleased we were who they supposed us to be. It seemed that they had a problem with which they needed some help. The help of heroes whose reputations had preceded them. Our help. Two hags had taken over a cave behind a waterfall up river. One was the hag we had fought days earlier, but these forest fey called her Gelda. She and her sister, along with a host of ogres, gnolls, goblins, and other monster men had set up a fief there, scorching the earth within a wide perimeter. They were despoiling the land and had to be removed. Furthermore, they had stolen things from River, the water nymph. The fey were naturally limited in what they could do, and requested out aid. We promised to take a look, and decide based on what we saw. Our hours of observations yielded quite a bit of information. The site was simplicity to find – following the river took us right to an area of scorched earth surrounding a waterfall. On an outcropping of rock atop the falls was a ballista operated by an ogre, and on one slightly downriver from the falls hosted three goblins more interested in their dice game than on their watch duties. Most intimidating was the trex, a giant bipedal lizard that seemed to live at the falls, something like a friendly stray dog that likes the people that live where it does, but that isn’t any kind of pet. As we watched we saw a water ogre jump up from the river to discipline the goblins, forcing their attention back on their duty. Slowly, we developed a plan. Then we changed it several times. Bessie came up with the idea of asking the fey to see if the local farunk tribes could and would send aid, and the answer came back in the affirmative. Come the morning of the attack, we would have the aid of 18 farunk from three different tribes. River further agreed to aid us by subduing the trex; it was within her power to make it sleep. It was also within her power to “freeze” the river for a short time, making it as a solid surface for easier crossing. We took this all into account and changed out plan some more. Aneirin and Ren spent the next day observing the site, learning a bit more, and returned to change the plan a little bit more. The following day, Day 56 since leaving Maissen, we were ready. Dawn saw us meeting one group of farunk and heading east along the river’s south bank. We got as close as we dared to the caged kobold guard Aneirin and Ren had noticed the day before and began to put our plan into play. [/QUOTE]
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