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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 4945835" data-attributes="member: 11437">This is the [IC] (in character) thread for my "In the Shadow of Giants" game.  The thread shall serve as the "prelude" to the first adventure, entitled, "Prelude to Danger!".<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/talking-talk/265436-insights-shadow-giants-ooc.html" target="_blank">OOC Thread</a><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/plots-places/266217-insights-shadow-giants-rogues-gallery.html" target="_blank">RG Thread</a>***PRELUDE TO DANGER!Crossing the YoirwoodThe coniferous Yoirwood, which contains rumored rifts leading to the Feywild, is peaceful today.  You each sense that that animals and plantlife found within the Yoirwood are more vibrant, more alive, owing most likely to the aforementioned connection with the Feywild.  Aside from the occasional pink rabbit or talking bush (turns out they don't have much to say), the day has been pretty much uneventful.The reason for your brief jaunt through the Yoirwood is simple.  Saben's half-brother, a human priest of Pelor named Anhen has been stationed in Leften's Forge, a town on the other side of the Yoirwood.  Your group's last adventure site being so close to Leften's Forge, Saben convinced the rest of the group to make the short trip through the forest so that the Paladin could visit his relative.[sblock=OOC]For background purposes, your last adventure was fighting some Demogorgon-worshipping Minotaurs.  Their lair was located east of the Yoirwood and you are now traveling west through the Yoirwood.[/sblock]Amos and his wolf, traveling ahead of the rest of the group in an effort to scout (just in case), halt suddenly and motion for the rest of the group to do the same.  Amos sees and smells smoke up ahead.  This is more smoke than would come from a simple campfire, even a large one.  In a coniferous, primeval forest with no known settlements, the presence of this smoke is curious indeed.  This bears investigating![sblock=OOC]State your character's actions for the next one or two combat rounds, the equivalent of six to twelve seconds.  If you wish to start an action that would take longer, go ahead.  Make sure to include dialogue where appropriate.There won't be a map unless combat begins.  Until such time, use your imagination for distances and terrain.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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