[FR] Silver Marches IC

[Thanee]

Hassan nods and then goes to tend the horses. The evening slowly fades into the night and you arrange a watch-schedule.

I'll just assume double watches with changing schedule and if something happens simply roll up randomly who is on watch at that time (rerolling obviously inapplicable results), unless you object.

The campfire is kept high as Soveliss suggested and the night remains silent, until...

 

[Thanee]

It's already deep into the night, Faedalar and Thorgar are on guard duty right now. The weather was continually getting worse and it's been heavily snowing for a few hours. It's almost impossible to keep the campfire running.

You wake up from the howling winds sweeping through the valley. Sight is heavily reduced. Was this a pair of yellow eyes out there in the darkness? On second glance, nothing can be seen...

 

[Thanee]

After a while, when nothing happens, you go back to sleep. The night passes without any incident, it probably was only the weather playing tricks on you, anyways.

When the morning comes, the snowing has stopped, but the grey sky is covered in thick clouds now and light mist reduces the vision much like the snow during the night. The following day will surely be less pleasant, than the one before...

 

[Thanee]

Day 3 of Hammer, 1372 DR

In the morning breakfast is served and the carts are prepared to continue towards Sundabar...

 

[Serpenteye]

Korosh slumps tiredly in his makeshift seat on the wagon, wearied by troubling dreams the preceding night. He lazily watches the forest to his side of the cart to pass the time.

 

[WhatKu]

Keeping pace with the wagons, Cade scans the forest. What in Tyr's name were those eyes? I have had tricks played on me before, but those were too real. No one on the journey has yellow eyes. Was that just an owl? I can't belive that. Something sinister is going on. Looking up to see Korosh in the wagon next to him, Cade swings up and stands next to the man. "Did you see those eyes last night? For a moment, yellow eyes were watching the camp from the darkness. It has me... spooked."

 

[Yellow Sign]

"Most likely one of those wolves prowling about. A campfire can cause a animal's eyes to seem to glow."

Soveliss will sit next to the driver of the lead wagon with his short bow on his lap. He will keep a eye out ahead.

 

[Serpenteye]

Korosh scratches his chin trough his mask and looks up at Cade and Soveliss. "I thought that was a dream... I guess it could have been anything, some animal most likely, but we should not rule out the possibility of an ambush."

 

[Thanee]

When you walk around the campsite a bit during the morning, you will notice tracks, similar to the ones Soveliss spotted in the north, where the eyes have been seen during the night. They are only barely visible now, because of the snowfall, tho.

 

[Thanee]

About an hour later, the caravan is ready to continue. The mist has lifted somewhat and you can see a good hundred yards now.

You have traveled for two hours maybe, when the wagon in the lead comes to a halt. A small scaly humanoid with a rat tail suddenly appeared out of nowhere maybe thirty feet away from the wagon. The creature utters curses in the draconic language, more to itself than anyone else. It's covered in furs and you can see no obvious weapons or armor.

Korosh, Faedalar and Soveliss are in the first cart, right behind the wagon, about fifty feet away from the creature; Cade, Pendrin and Quinn are in the second cart, about seventy feet away from it. Hassan and Thorgar are behind the last cart.

Additional information:

Pendrin, Korosh, Faedalar and Quinn:

Spoiler

You can see larger footprints around the position, where the scaly humanoid appeared. They probably come from some four-legged creature of considerable size. By a quick estimate, the creature must be about 10 feet long.

Cade and Soveliss:

Spoiler

You can see larger footprints around the position, where the scaly humanoid appeared. They probably come from some four-legged creature of considerable size. By a quick estimate, the creature must be about 10 feet long. And you are quite certain, that it is standing there... invisible!