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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Byrons_Ghost" data-source="post: 956090" data-attributes="member: 7396">(OOC the group was given directions to Ashvan; you estimate that it is a couple of miles down this road)Your band commences their journey to the hamlet of Ashvan. As you go on, you begin to encounter an occasional farmer in the field, or house by the side of the road. Some of these structures are deserted, others have inhabitants going about their daily business. Things seem more or less normal in the countryside, if eerily quiet.After another hour or so of travel, you come to a sign reading "Ashvan", and underneath that, "Lohgin Manor". You see a cluster of roofs down the road- the town is larger than you expected, with perhaps a hundred buildings. You would estimate that 300-400 people live here, or did at one time.Proceeding into town, you see signs that they are beginning to recover from the plague. There is some traffic in the streets, though many people wear mourning colors. You can occasionally spy houses boarded up and painted with red "X"s, but there are no bodies in the street or obviously ill people about. Some merchants stand at their booths, and children play in the streets, although everyone has a quiet, subdued manner about them. Your group is greeted by looks from those you pass- some hopeful, some cautious, most just curious. The people of Ashvan seem to have weathered the worst of things.After a couple of blocks, it seems appropriate to stop and get the an idea of the lay of things. There is an inn on your right, the "Ashvan Hostel". Across from it is a sign advertising an apothecary's shop. A few blocks further down the road, you can make a large, two-story house set back from the road- presumably this is the "Lohgin Manor" mentioned on the sign. On the other side of town, to the northwest, you can see a small belltower that probably signifies a chapel.</blockquote>

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