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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 7845567" data-attributes="member: 59816">JanosJanos was a well-liked and respected member of the Riverfolk community who made his living fishing and trading up and down the Shining River. He lived in a small nameless community a brief way upriver from Daggerford (and on the other bank), with his wife and two young sons. He was a shining example of his folk, strong, smart, and charming, but he worked very hard just to feed and cloth his family, and to have a little left over to drink at the Otter's Run in Daggerford twice a tenday. So when Dandin came, first to request skilled aid to deliver supplies to Julkoun (Janos' community had also been hit by goblin raiders, and was first to be rescued by the Doughty Daggerfordians), and later with a plan to risk everything on a trade trip to Waterdeep, the grandest city in the world, Janos knew that he had to help.Gathering a crew of brave and skilled riverfolk, and adding his own boat to Dandin's two, they had taken supplies to Julkoun. With that mission, they found that they worked together quite well, and they loaded the three boats with fleece and fabric from Julkoun, ale from Daggerthrust Ales in Daggerford, furs trapped by riverfolk, and as many other goods as they could get their hands on.Then they made their way under Tyndal's Bridge, the low and wide stone bridge that spanned the shallow ford that gave Daggerford its name, and three hours downriver later, they stopped at Rock Tower to buy coastal maps, gather more goods, and to make a few minor alterations to the boats to make them more seaworthy. This took a full day, but then they were off again.The sea of the Sword Coast was far rougher than most of the crew had ever experienced, but Janos turned out to be an impeccable navigator. They put the boats to shore at night, and travelled during the day, and Janos had an impressive instinct when it came to sailing point-to-point, and avoiding following the land as it moved inward. He was also able to 'feel' when they passed a river-mouth, and avoided going up them, which would have cost much time.The only trouble on the journey came as they neared Waterdeep, on their fourth day out. The vast volume of water that came from the Dessarin River pushed them out to sea, and they clawed their way up slowly. To keep the boats together, Janos ordered them lashed as a group, and night came with him still at the tiller of the lead boat. When morning came, they were far enough out to sea to be out of sight of land, but Janos, having stayed all night at the tiller, was confident he had not lost his way.The following afternoon they arrived at Waterdeep Harbour. A vast, busy place unlike anything that most of the riverfolk had ever seen. Janos was exhausted and had blisters on his hands, but was proud of what he'd accomplished. He could now rest and enjoy the sights and taverns of the City of Splendors. Until the return trip, the rest was up to Dandin.</blockquote>

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