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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spatula" data-source="post: 1689593" data-attributes="member: 2198">Session 1, Chapter 5: TroubleWhen the outriders and guards returned to the caravan, they told Laalresh of what had happened.  “Trouble indeed,” he declared as he turned away and glumly looked to the southeast. Their destination, a small trading outpost owned by House Klethira, lay in that direction, but it was still roughly a full day's travel away.  And it’s already close to mid-day.  “Have the elves attacked our outpost, do you think?” he inquired of the empty expanse before him.  No, Gorgoreth would have sent word.  Or perhaps he did, and his message arrived after we left Nibenay.Behind him, Gravik spoke up.  “No way to know until we get there.”  The dwarf looked up at Karick Reshaw.  “These Silver Seekers, are they raiders?  Do they have the numbers to seize a fort?”The red-haired wastelander shook his head.  “I do not know.  I thought their tribe was mostly concerned with trading.  Maybe they got hit by some hard times and have turned to pillaging to feed themselves.  Although if they sacked the outpost, they wouldn’t be guarding the road – they would have just moved on afterwards.”“Is it possible to reach the outpost tonight?” Aral interjected, cutting short the speculation. “I don’t believe we should be making camp out in the open if there’s an entire tribe of angry elves running about.”Laalresh turned back to face the others and nodded.  “Aral, I agree. Gravik, get us moving, as fast a pace as the handlers think the kanks can handle.  If we push on past sunset, I think we can reach our destination.”  Laalresh gave those assembled before him what he hoped was a reassuring smile.  Assuming it is still there to be reached.  The group broke apart and headed back to the wagons, where the dwarf started shouting out orders.  After a short time the caravan was traveling along the road with a sense of urgency it had not possessed before.They continued their march through the hottest part of the day without pausing, and without spotting any elves.  For a while it almost seemed as if they would reach the outpost unmolested, and spirits began to rise somewhat.  “The elves must have been out here for some other reason,” Laalresh exclaimed to the teamster seated next to him.  “Yes, that’s it!  They uncovered something of value nearby, an ancient ruin perhaps, and perceived us as a threat.  They only sought to drive us off from their find!”  The man shrugged in response to his employer's words and cracked his whip over the heads of the tiring kanks.  Who could say why elves did anything?But Laalresh’s hopes were soon dashed when the caravan came upon the arrow-filled forms of the two forward scouts and their mounts.Laalresh stood from his seat on his wagon, dumbfounded at the sight.  The thri-kreen and some of the other guards were cautiously moving forward to inspect the bodies.  Those further back looked to their caravan master, seeking his leadership in this difficult moment he thought, but the words that came to his mind and flowed from of his mouth were not very inspiring:“We Are F***ed.”</blockquote>

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