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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steverooo" data-source="post: 985450" data-attributes="member: 9410">Meanwhile...Having been "abandoned" by his "compatriots", Gnorvald walked a short way, until he came, again, to where their camp had been, before the downpour of the previous night.  Once there, he saw the undisturbed remains of the fire, and poked about in it, for a bit.Finding the semi-burned remnants of the hand, there, he realized what had gone wrong, the night before.  He stuffed it into his case for later use, then looked back towards the now-distant ruins.  Seeing no one in sight, he stepped into the nearby woods for cover, then allowed his shape to shift back to normal.  He expanded, in all directions, becoming a light shade of blue.He stopped and flexed his muscles, for a few moments, searching the underbrush with his eyes as he did.  Satisfied, he once more turned invisible, and took to the air, looking for the Cairn of stone that he had seen in his dreams the night before.It wasn't as easy to find from the air as he had thought it would be, and he spent most of the day searching for it, after the duration of flight wore off.  Eventually, he found the deserted Cairn within the forest's canopy.It was a rocky little knoll, secluded within a hollow, and surrounded by oak trees, dripping with moss.  It seemed a lonely place, and showed no signs of having been visited.  The grass within the area was long and tousled, and there were no paths.Gnorvald waded through the grass, which was barely ankle-deep and no hindrance to him, now, and looked at the Cairn, itself.  This was the place!  He searched for the door he knew must be there...  Gripping it with large, hard claws, he slowly bent it until it sprang free.  Grinning so that his fangs showed, he stooped and entered the Cairn.As he eagerly pressed forward, his horns struck something, and he was thrown back.  Agh!  Some sort of Guard, or Ward!  This would take a little more time!...He bagan by casting Detect Magic, and settled in for as long as it might take.  The other adventurers would've come in handy, now...  He could have used Rix, especially, to aid in locating any non-magical traps.  But he was patient.  It had taken decades to get here; if it took days to get to the Horn, it would all be well worth it in the end!...</blockquote>

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