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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Joshua Randall" data-source="post: 9627845" data-attributes="member: 7737">106, reduxAt the bottom of this section, our path is determined based on what we learned from Shanif:(2) if “a marid” told us a tale about a demon named ‘Pazuzeus’;(80) if we know a tale about a matched pair of crowns; or(57) to consult with our father’s fellow wizards at College Arcane.---[if we know a tale about a matched pair of crowns]80We reason that we don't want to risk detection, so rather than land at Freeton, we should "slip in by the southern coast and try to join Thayne's people in the mountains."On this path we don't have to sneak past any gnolls. We simply row our dinghy through the surf, land on "the warm sand", and hide the boat in "a patch of reeds". Dalris and Rufyl scout the area and return with more geographic nonsense:They quickly locate an animal trail used by the wild goats and deer that come to the beach nightly for salt. It's a steep path leading abruptly from the beach into the coastal cliffs that edge Seagate's eastern plateau. Your former home in the mountains above Delmer, on the other side of the island, was part of this same crescent-shaped ridge….The rough terrain is hard on our "tender hands and unused muscles" as we turn to (37).---Commentary:… land on "the warm sand" and hide the boat in "a patch of reeds".When we sail from Wealwood to Saven, the water is freezing cold. When we sail from Wealwood to Seagate Island just across Pirates' Alley, the sand of the beach is "warm". We also somehow discover some "reeds", which are grasses that grow in swamps and marshes, not on rocky coastlines.… we should "slip in by the southern coast" … …a steep path leading abruptly from the beach into the coastal cliffs that edge Seagate's eastern plateau…From the southern coast we arrive at the eastern plateau. Where one finds the warm cliff-marshes full of reeds.Your former home in the mountains above Delmer, on the other side of the island…That would be either the northern or northwestern side of the island depending upon how we squint at the map.</blockquote>

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