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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 821813" data-attributes="member: 63">Episode Two: The Song of the Fire ForestThe group is relieved to find out that the lone man is trying to head to Lyceum, like them, and that he’s not affiliated with the Ragesian Empire.  The man, named Rantle, had planned to skirt the northern edge of the fire forest, circling around the forest’s western edge in the low mountain foothills, but when Rivereye eagerly pipes up that they’re planning to use magic to head straight through the fire forest, Rantle asks to come along.  Rantle is easily the strongest-looking member of the group, and across his horse’s saddle is strapped a greatsword and a bundled suit of light plate armor.  He looks to be a capable warrior, and he has the rugged appearance of a man who’s had to survive on his own in a country generally hostile to humans.  Still, Torrent needs to know why he’s heading to Lyceum, since he doesn’t seem to have any magical powers.“My sister’s a sorcerer, and she ran off and headed south without me while I was out hunting for a few days.  She said she didn’t want to risk me getting hurt on her behalf, but I mean, she knew I was going to go after her to make sure she’s safe.”“That was sweet of her,” Diogenes replies, a touch of sarcasm in his voice.  “Does she run off and need rescuing a lot?”Rantle grins roguishly.  “Oh yeah.  You have no idea.”Crystin breaks in, trancelike as usual.  “We’re going to find her before we reach Lyceum.”Rantle looks at Crystin, blinking in confusion.“Oh, don’t worry about her prophesying,” Rivereye says.  “You get used to it.”Torrent agrees to let Rantle come along with them, and then she gets Rivereye and Diogenes to help her with making the alchemical balm that will protect them from the heat of the fire forest.  They spend a few hours making enough applications for each person and horse to have three days’ worth, which should be enough to cross the forest.Haddin, displeased as usual that he’s been forced to come along with them, coughs out, “You do realize that no one’s ever made it through the fire forest alive before, right?”Everyone tenses at that concern, except for Torrent, who just shrugs.  “Who better to be first than us, eh?  And would you rather try to outrun the Inquisitors who are after us?”“Yes,” Haddin glares.“Yeah, well, you’d have been dead by now if we hadn’t brought you along, so stop moaning.”The group’s mutual dislike for Haddin gives them focus, and raises their spirits enough for them to look forward to the trek into the fire forest.  They wait out the evening, set watches, and get some rest, preparing to set out the next morning into the indomitable flames of the fire forest.</blockquote>

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