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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ajanders" data-source="post: 2779711" data-attributes="member: 3271">And now getting there being all the fun...Michael looks at the map and frowns."Ironwolf, I don't think I'm reading the map the way you are."His thick finger traces the road south from Orrusus."According to this, there's no crossing over the Grelligo.  If there's a ford or a bridge not marked, then, as you suggest, we can cross the Grelligo and come up the south shore of the lake.  It's cross-country travel, but as you say, we can hardly miss the lake and the river.  That may be the best way: it keeps us well clear of Fallon and we can go by horseback.Otherwise, the only land route I see takes us through Fallon.  That has some benefits: if Lord Fallon is planning to send a relief force or an invading army, we'll hear about the muster -- and that will likely explain who's behind the trouble in Duvik.  Or at least, who's trying to take advantage of it."He pauses for a moment, reflexively dipping back into his belt pouch, drawing out a somewhat familiar blue-grey stone, and smoothing out a nearly imperceptible roughness with his thumb."Unfortunately, most of us are a tad distinctive.  A big closed carriage would be even more obvious."He looks at the rest of the group sympathetically."I hate to say it, but the best way to do this is probably with a boat.  We go aboard in Orussus, we debark at Kinthriver, and we try to get horses or mules there to get to Duvik.  Nobody in Fallon hears or sees anything of us.  If we find a captain willing to run nights, we'll  go pretty quickly: the river doesn't go to bed when we do."He chuckles at his accidental joke."If we want to get fancy and can find a boat willing to take horses, we can make a straight shot to the foot of Kithsul Lake, meet them there, get ferried across to Kinthriver, and then mount back up."He stops to point out one other thing."All this crosscountry travel means no inns -- which we might want to consider -- and no stables, which we need to consider if we bring horses.  Do we need to haul fodder?"</blockquote>

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