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<blockquote data-quote="PieAndDragon" data-source="post: 3614292" data-attributes="member: 18108"><p><strong>Troll in the Dark</strong></p><p></p><p>We stayed with our new friends of the Griffyn Clan for a week, as they sent out scouts looking for the troll we sought. Most of our time was spent hunting, foraging and training, having our first rest since leaving Jonstown. My companions picked up bits and pieces of Balazoring, and even I learnt a few new words. But even as we relaxed for a short time, our true goal was in our minds.</p><p></p><p>Halfway through our time among the Griffyn, another stranger arrived. Like us, he was from Jonstown, but gave no reason for being in Balazoring. He had heard about us in Mykene and tracked us down, hoping we would be making the return journey to our home city, and wishing to join us if we were. We made an agreement with him, letting him accompany us in return for the use of his sword-arm against the troll. Widgeon Crescent is an unremarkable man, with cropped brown hair and a guarded manner. Like us, he is well armed and armoured and travels on horseback.</p><p></p><p>By the end of a week, the Griffyn Clan had found signs of a large troll and several trollkin, probably the ones we hunted. They spent their nights in a small wood, roaming away by day but leaving no tracks near to their haven. It was now down to us to confront the troll and regain the helm Khaki was pursuing.</p><p></p><p>Leaving the Balazor tribe, we rode with a guide to the wood, searching around the edges but finding no tracks. Creeping in alone and leaving Orville to watch from above, there were no signs of creatures and only a shrine which the Griffyn had mentioned. It was a small clearing, ringed by ten boulders around a yard across each, but with no inscriptions or signs of religious significance. After a brief discussion, we decided to wait on the edge of the copse, with my hawk ready to warn us if our quarry approached.</p><p></p><p>Night came, and in the darkening skies my flying companion saw signs of a troll and the troll-kin. Not wanting to fight our foes in the dark, we left the woods and camped a few miles away, adding Widgeon to watch alongside Khaki in the night. There was one brief scare, Orville finding a group of humanoids during his night flight on my watch, but they travelled past, never coming nearer than a mile. After breakfast we found their tracks, identifying a family group of baboons travelling away from the woods. They would be no danger to us.</p><p></p><p>We returned to find the wood much the same as before, with no tracks or creatures to be found. I crept in once more, but this time did disturb some sort of creature, as Orville reported a small winged form move out of my path to elsewhere in the trees. There were no signs of it that I could find, and even our own tracks had been removed, covered by some strange magic.</p><p></p><p>After more discussions, my idea of burning down the forest was discarded, and we settled for a bonfire in the middle of the clearing. With Widgeon and my own help, Liverpate moved one boulder to the middle of the clearing, and wood was piled around it. After scouting the surrounding trees several more times, I settled into position in a branch overlooking the shrine and fire. Hoisin protested at first, wanting me on foot to fight hand-to-hand, refusing my insistence that my strength is with javelin and bow, rather than up close with spear or blade. Luckily he is not our leader, and when Liverpate supported my position as tactically sound, he backed down, remaining tetchy for the rest of the afternoon until dark.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PieAndDragon, post: 3614292, member: 18108"] [B]Troll in the Dark[/B] We stayed with our new friends of the Griffyn Clan for a week, as they sent out scouts looking for the troll we sought. Most of our time was spent hunting, foraging and training, having our first rest since leaving Jonstown. My companions picked up bits and pieces of Balazoring, and even I learnt a few new words. But even as we relaxed for a short time, our true goal was in our minds. Halfway through our time among the Griffyn, another stranger arrived. Like us, he was from Jonstown, but gave no reason for being in Balazoring. He had heard about us in Mykene and tracked us down, hoping we would be making the return journey to our home city, and wishing to join us if we were. We made an agreement with him, letting him accompany us in return for the use of his sword-arm against the troll. Widgeon Crescent is an unremarkable man, with cropped brown hair and a guarded manner. Like us, he is well armed and armoured and travels on horseback. By the end of a week, the Griffyn Clan had found signs of a large troll and several trollkin, probably the ones we hunted. They spent their nights in a small wood, roaming away by day but leaving no tracks near to their haven. It was now down to us to confront the troll and regain the helm Khaki was pursuing. Leaving the Balazor tribe, we rode with a guide to the wood, searching around the edges but finding no tracks. Creeping in alone and leaving Orville to watch from above, there were no signs of creatures and only a shrine which the Griffyn had mentioned. It was a small clearing, ringed by ten boulders around a yard across each, but with no inscriptions or signs of religious significance. After a brief discussion, we decided to wait on the edge of the copse, with my hawk ready to warn us if our quarry approached. Night came, and in the darkening skies my flying companion saw signs of a troll and the troll-kin. Not wanting to fight our foes in the dark, we left the woods and camped a few miles away, adding Widgeon to watch alongside Khaki in the night. There was one brief scare, Orville finding a group of humanoids during his night flight on my watch, but they travelled past, never coming nearer than a mile. After breakfast we found their tracks, identifying a family group of baboons travelling away from the woods. They would be no danger to us. We returned to find the wood much the same as before, with no tracks or creatures to be found. I crept in once more, but this time did disturb some sort of creature, as Orville reported a small winged form move out of my path to elsewhere in the trees. There were no signs of it that I could find, and even our own tracks had been removed, covered by some strange magic. After more discussions, my idea of burning down the forest was discarded, and we settled for a bonfire in the middle of the clearing. With Widgeon and my own help, Liverpate moved one boulder to the middle of the clearing, and wood was piled around it. After scouting the surrounding trees several more times, I settled into position in a branch overlooking the shrine and fire. Hoisin protested at first, wanting me on foot to fight hand-to-hand, refusing my insistence that my strength is with javelin and bow, rather than up close with spear or blade. Luckily he is not our leader, and when Liverpate supported my position as tactically sound, he backed down, remaining tetchy for the rest of the afternoon until dark. [/QUOTE]
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