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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 7348096" data-attributes="member: 59816">Orb1 flew away over the trees. By the time it returned just over two hours later, the Daggerfordians had travelled down the steep sides of the hollow and were working their way eastward. The young forest was lush with growth, but it was exceedingly flat and had once been chris-crossed with dwarven mining trails. Much of the ground of these trails was packed so hard that only plants with very shallow roots had grown up, and they were easily pulled and thrown aside. Many were short enough that Dandin was able to drive the cart over them.From Orb1's report, Enseth was able to calculate that the group could reach the Elf encampment before nightfall, if they wanted to parlay, or they would have to chose to turn northward or southward to avoid it. The river was about ten miles to the south, but it would wind northward not far from the encampment. To travel south now would mean passing relatively close to the camp in the morning (while following the river). Enseth calculated that the safest path to avoid the elves was to veer northward. On the other hand, this would mean either climbing out of the Hollow and travelling along a relatively narrow ridge, (which might prove difficult for the cart), or following the ridge along its bottom, with a wall of stone on their left.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 7348096, member: 59816"] Orb1 flew away over the trees. By the time it returned just over two hours later, the Daggerfordians had travelled down the steep sides of the hollow and were working their way eastward. The young forest was lush with growth, but it was exceedingly flat and had once been chris-crossed with dwarven mining trails. Much of the ground of these trails was packed so hard that only plants with very shallow roots had grown up, and they were easily pulled and thrown aside. Many were short enough that Dandin was able to drive the cart over them. From Orb1's report, Enseth was able to calculate that the group could reach the Elf encampment before nightfall, if they wanted to parlay, or they would have to chose to turn northward or southward to avoid it. The river was about ten miles to the south, but it would wind northward not far from the encampment. To travel south now would mean passing relatively close to the camp in the morning (while following the river). Enseth calculated that the safest path to avoid the elves was to veer northward. On the other hand, this would mean either climbing out of the Hollow and travelling along a relatively narrow ridge, (which might prove difficult for the cart), or following the ridge along its bottom, with a wall of stone on their left. [/QUOTE]

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