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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 3434200" data-attributes="member: 30035">Welcome to the JungleThank the Lady, we're on our way to the village of the Blessed. It won't be a quick trip nor an easy one, but the Lady willing we'll find it before Lerner does.We left our meeting with Shasu feeling much more confident about the success of our mission here in Chult. The sage gave us a letter of introduction to the guides that we hoped would make them friendlier toward us. We planned to return to where we'd met the one guide on the following morning to try our recruitment effort again.After we left the sage, Hedrin decided to go and find his new warrior friend, Bantu, and offer an apology to a younger warrior whom he'd bested in mock combat on the training field. Hedrin was worried he'd been too hard on the young warrior. We still hadn't seen Latan since we separated from her earlier, but we trusted that we'd find her safely back at the inn when we returned. Roland and I then decided to look for some of the local entertainments to get an opportunity to learn some new stories or dance steps. We found an amphitheatre where a play called "The Rise of the Barae" was to be performed that evening. Beforehand there was music and dancing, so we did have a chance to learn some of the local dance steps, which are quite unlike anything I've seen before in more northerly climes. "The Rise of the Barae" was quite interesting, offering a chance to learn more of the history of Chult as it is known by every citizen here. The play is evidently performed quite often and is more like a spiritual ritual for the citizens than a form of entertainment.As I'd expected, we found Latan waiting at the inn when we left the theatre. Hedrin joined us later, somewhat in his cups after spending the evening at a tavern with a crowd of soldiers. Humans just don't know how to hold their ale.The following morning we made our way back to the tavern where we'd previously attempted to hire a guide. We found ourselves in the presence of the same man we'd met there the previous day. Once again he tried to misdirect us, until Roland showed him our letter of introduction. After that his demeanor changed notably. He went off to have a discussion with a couple of other men and then two of them left.The third man approached us and introduced himself as Pimani. I liked him at once. He's very forthright and thoughtful. He's been to the Village several times in the past and knows where it was last located, but he tells us it occasionally changes location for the safety of the residents and to avoid overtaxing the resources of the area.We spent the morning with him purchasing supplies and equipment for our journey. According to Pimani it will take 3 or 4 weeks to reach the Village. Travel is very slow through the dense jungle, and we'll have to go on foot. But by noon we were ready to depart. Percy's enchanted chest made the task of supplying ourselves much simpler. We've now been traveling for several days. Pimani is very strict about making certain we drink plenty of water. He stops us several times a day for rest breaks and checks our water supply. Hedrin is following Pimani's every move closely, learning all he can of jungle survival. Fortunately though Pimani is not too talkative while we walk, he's willing to share his knowledge. I neglected to mention that Latan has purchased a small dinosaur as a companion. This caused her a bit of difficulty when she'd intended to cast a spell on us each day to disguise us from the huge dinosaurs Pimani tells us can be found in the jungle. The magic wouldn't differentiate what type of dinosaur it protected us from and would have made us undetectable to Latan's new pet as well. We'll just have to rely on Pimani's guidance and our own skills to avoid running afoul of one of the big creatures. I hope we see at least one, though. I'd like to be able to tell the tale of meeting one - from a safe distance.Pimani has told us some most interesting facts about the Village. It's more populous than I'd expected, some 500 people strong, and the large majority of them are apparently Blessed! This is why it can't be magically scryed - such a concentration of divine energy in one place blocks the magic. Of course we're all amazed to hear that so many Blessed live here. Sometimes Blessed from other locales are drawn to this Village, according to Pimani. I wonder if we'll learn why once we meet the villagers. Strangely I don't feel any sense of being drawn to this place. _______________________Quips & Quotes:sniffles: "What's the god's name?"Devo: "I don't know him that well."Zora: "We're not on a first-god-name basis."</blockquote>

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