Whirtlestaff's Wizards' Academy Revisited, IC02

[Scott DeWar]

"Magic carpets? a myth. horses? too noisy. they tend to attract things like ogres, whick in turn feed on the horses after they kill them. we are best to walk the nice trek there. I will do us good after this much sitting around and reading."

 

[Leif]

OOC: That Capizzio! Gotta love 'im!

 

[renau1g]

"Come now cousin, surely a walk through the forest would be enjoyed by one of you background" Xavier says with a wink.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Manny

"I'm ready - let's light this candle!"

When the others indicate their readiness to proceed, Manny will saddle up Kási, prop his spear in the stirrup next to his foot and be ready to go.

 

[Leif]

Travel to the Minx Brothers

Your travel this first day out from Pembrose is along the north bank of the Quail River. The trees here are fairly sparse. In the afternoon, as the day is getting old and the sun is beginning to hang low in the sky, you reach the campsite where you spent your first night in Quail Valley, and you are struck by the flood of memories of that night and all the nights since, which have led you to where you now find yourselves. As you understand it, the Minx Brothers home is just a short distance to the north of here in the Forest of Nin. You think that if you pressed onward, you could probably make it there just shortly after dark (maybe an hour?). Or, you could camp here for the night and greet them in the morning.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Manny

"Let's press on - I don't see any reason to rough it when we could be enjoying the hospitality of the Minx brothers. Assuming they're hospitable, that is."

 

[KerlanRayne]

"Let's press on - I don't see any reason to rough it when we could be enjoying the hospitality of the Minx brothers. Assuming they're hospitable, that is."

"Yes, I say we press on as well. At the very worst we will have to camp near their home, which would likely be more secure than here. See Francheska, no one said it would be five days. We're almost there."

 

[Leif]

OOC: The "Five Days" was from the party's first trip from Pembrose to Twain, when they rode on a boat going upstream. (And I think that perhaps I had some difficulty with the map scale, too. ) But, on the good side, they had a ROUSING good time toasting marshmallows and weenies over the campfire! (Ogre weenies, that is. hehe)

 

[Leif]

Because of your familiarity with the terrain and the quality of the road, I'm going to say that you can make 35 miles per day without straining much. But after one day's march along the river, you will need to strike off due south to get where you're going. So, from day 2 onward, you won't be on roads and you won't be making nearly as good time. Soon then, probably about noon on your first day heading south, you'll be entering the Gaskar Hills. That means slower going, no roads, and increased likelihood of running into, shall we say, other factors that may well cause delays. For the first part of your southward journey, you'll be following a stream that feeds into the Quail River. Actually, you can follow that stream all the way to its source without going much out of your way, and, because the terrain is likely to be better along the stream, that's what a little voice tells you that you should probably do.

 

[KerlanRayne]

OOC: I thought the brothers lived in the forest to the north, not the hills.