Darkness Under Cold Stones

[Voadam]

Thoma points his sword at the hand bound hobgoblin "Gather."

 

[Dire Lemming]

Shoon steps forward as Thoma orders the bound hobgoblin to start looting weapons from the dead. "What? Wait, should we not bring the bodies back to the village where they may receive a proper burial? And what of the food? Surely we must return that."

 

[Rhun]

Balund listens to Ivan's words. "I would prefer to give the bodies to the flame, and release the spirits from their corporeal shells, but I realize that most of the 'civilized' peoples have burial practices that are most important to them." Turning his gaze upon the wagon and single horse, the shaman shakes his head. I do not believe this single horse has the strength to free the wagon from its snowy confines."

 

[hafrogman]

Ivan nods at Shoon and Balund.

"The food should be returned, yes. Some food is better than none, and it may buy us time to retrieve the rest. But the bodies, cremation will serve as well as any other service. They could not be buried for months to come. Not with the ground frozen solid as it is."

 

[Voadam]

Thoma shrugs. He could care less about the bodies. "We come for food. We bring back food. He help, he live I say. He no help, I kill."

 

[Dire Lemming]

Shoon looks from his cart, to the wagon, and to Thoma; "What if... Shine helped pull the wagon and... then someone else could pull the empty cart."

 

[Voadam]

Thoma shrugs. Two horses on wagon with the cart attached on the back. Thoma turns to the prisoner. "You good with horses? Wagon driver? Set up wagon attach cart. Drive wagon. We talk of platoon. Of chief. Of dogs." Platoon comes out odd from his tusked mouth, the word drawn out.

 

[Rhun]

"Using Shine to help pull the wagon sounds like a solid plan. And I've always said, Thoma is as strong as a horse himself!"

 

[Land Outcast]

No more words are needed for the hobgoblin, who stumbles to the wagon, to affix Shine and to sit at the driver's place... It must be noted his efficiency, altough he is clearly scared off his skin -every some thirty seconds he looks back at Thoma-, his movements -after the initial stumbling- are firm and sure.

So, with Thoma and Shine -and the sack of nerves the other horse is- pulling from the cart, after some 15-20 minutes you are able to drag it out of the soft snow, finally to settle it back to the hard path.

OOC: Take "20" on Str check;

what did you finally do with the bodies? so, now you continue towards the town?

 

[Scotley]

Kragor

OOC: Kragor would strip the bodies of weapons and valuables and unless someone offers to burn them or otherwise despose of them, he will leave them where they are.