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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morgaine" data-source="post: 205947" data-attributes="member: 2393">They make their way out of the cave, down the rocks – a considerable easier climb than on their way in – and out into the forest, continuing the trek toward Otenazu.  Just inside the treeline, the group hears a group of elves ahead, singing a traveling song in praise of Tanil.  Deke immediately becomes one with the underbrush while Gemma scoots up the nearest tree, out of direct sight.  The rest of the party tries to find cover amidst the trees.  A slight elven woman noiselessly appears from behind a tree and tells Morgaine – who was trying ineffectually to hide – that it is dangerous to travel the woods alone.  Morgaine blurts out that her friends are all nearby, forcing the party back out of their hiding spots.  They all make their way toward Morgaine and the three strangers, with the exception of Gemma and Deke who remain in their cover.  Morgaine, forgetting her elven heritage, immediately offers to shake the elf’s hand.  Her offer is politely rebuffed but one of the male elves recognizes her and mentions her beloved uncle.  In fact, the elves recognize Kalina and Marja as well, asking about their lineage.  The elves ask why the group is traveling with a dangerous dwarf and then the woman directs her comments to Gemma, in the tree.  In a strange display of fealty, the elves recognize Gemma, and bow low before her, offering praise of deeds long past.  Gemma waives them up and reticently acknowledges their requests for her health.  She declines their offers of assistance as she alights from the tree.  They spend some minutes in conversation then take their leave, once again bowing to Gemma.  As they pass by, the woman calls out something to Deke (still hidden in the bushes) and mentions his parents.  Deke, an orphan who grew up in Amalthea, is unsettled by the thought that he had parents at all.  He picks Kalina’s pocket to make himself feel better and shake off the disconcerting pang he felt at the mere mention of a family.  Gemma refuses to discuss why the elves treated her with such deference and moves quickly ahead to continue scouting their trail.Several hours later, as they crest a large hill the group gets their first glimpse of Otenazu, a small frontier town nestled between the Keldar Mountains.  Looking down from bluff they see the neat homes and buildings arrayed before them, the winds whipping at their faces slightly.</blockquote>

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