Darkness Under Cold Stones

[hafrogman]

Ivan eats sparingly of the food. Best not to take too much in case other have need of it later. He nods once at Danya.

"We shall return."

Then turns and leaves with the others.

 

[Land Outcast]

As you finish your breakfast (those who opted by not "dying upon an empty stomach"), and when Shoon finally gets Shine to accept the cart as something inevitable, first light breaks, a red horizon bathing the snow-covered town with a reddish glow.

At that moment, seeing everyone eager to leave, Danya moves for her house announcing that now she can do something for Sion... with her care, in less than a week she should be back up again.

"We shall return"

"Of course you will..."

"May your flame never quench"
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You leave by the western road -where the wagon is supposed to come, evading the deeper part of the forest- it becomes apparent that dragging the cart will slow you down, it will not result impossible to circumvent soft snow and one or two fallen trees, but you will be delayed...

It is quite cold, for sure -altough it's still morningtime- if you spend the night at the road you won't wake up again with full strength.

OOC: I might update later today, given the little amount of "action" involved in this

 

[Dire Lemming]

Before they leave, Shoon asks Danya that if Sion should awake to not let her know that he is in any danger lest she try to follow him. Finally they sit waiting in the cart to start on their journey. Shoon fumbles a bit with the reins before remembering how to get Shine to start moving and eventually they are off.

 

[Scotley]

Kragor

"God's its cold up here!" Kragor complains as his blows his hands and pulls his cold weather gear tighter. "We are going to have to find some sort of shelter before nightfall or we'll be done for."

 

[Rhun]

Balund nods at Kragor's words and pulls his cloak closer about him. "I'm certain that we will be able to find some shelter. If not, we will make shelter, and build ourselves a great fire. There are plenty of trees, after all"

 

[Land Outcast]

As you proceed down the road some mere five miles from town, over some specially soft -dreadful for the cart- snow, everything seems calm... quiet... another twist in the path is approaching... many twists, probably the path was expanded from a natural trail of sorts...

[sblock=Balund]You suddenly hear something ahead on the road -like a horse...-, and you spot the source of the noise, you look through the trees and see what surely is the wagon you are searching for, with three armored figures standing around it, one restraining what seems to be a great dog while other tries to handle a sole horse tied to it...

Unluckily, at the same time one of the grey-skinned humanoids meets your eyes and makes a signal for the dog to go (probably attack) in your direction through the trees as he turns to warn the others.

OOC: Spot checks succeded only by you and him, initiative, and the figure got faster than Balund.
OOC2:
The direct distance, through the trees and snow is some fifty feet.
The distance by the path is some eighty feet, given that the wagon is some sixty feet after the next turn[/Sblock]

 

[Rhun]

OOC to Land Outcast:

[sblock]
Knowledge: Local +2 to determine what type of humanoids they are.
[/sblock]

 

[Land Outcast]

[sblock=Balund]They are for certain no humanoids from the area... first of all: their weapons shine too much, probably steel.
Second: you haven't ever before seen humanoids with that yellowish skin here before, and they have a smaller frame than the bulky grey orcs from the Waking Hills.

OOC: awaiting action in surprise round for Balund[/sblock]

 

[Rhun]

"Ware, enemies!" shouts Balund, smoothly drawing and knocking arrow. Targeting quickly down the shaft, he let's fly at the dog-beast moving toward them through the snow.



OOC: Attack +4 (+5 within 30'), Damage 1d6+1 (1d6+2 within 30')
AC: 17, HP: 16/16, Init: +2

 

[Land Outcast]

At Balund's cry, now you can all see a great dog -some three feet high-, running over the snow-covered undergrowth towards your group at some 20 feet between the trees, breathing heavily.

Balund swiftly releases an arrow at it which -even tough it is a hard shot with all the trees around- buries deeply on its left shoulder... but neems not to impede him at all

[sblock=Balund, Thoma and Ivan] You see the same scene Balund saw of the yellow-skinned humanoids arming themselves after the next turn of the path.

You see how one of the humanoids stands over the front of the wagon and retrieves a longbow from the floor.[/sblock]

OOC:
Surprise round:
Balund: Attack 16 vs. "Great Dog"; Damage: 4

Combat:
Commander: Moves over wagon, Draws longbow
Shoon
Thoma
Balund
Kragor
Ivan
"Great Dog"
Warrior #1
Warrior #2