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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aura" data-source="post: 6341694" data-attributes="member: 6747658">Well rested and mostly recovered from the swarm of stirges at the stables, the group sets off east, out of Venza, on the journey to the site marked on the map. After a few hours of travel at a comfortable pony speed (the horses find themselves shortening their gait in order to maintain speed with the ponies, must to the disappointment of Midnight, who seems to want to push ahead), the group comes across the intersection they have been looking for.It is a little place called Baron's Cross, and there isn't very much to say for it. The center attraction is the intersection of the east-west trade road that leads into Venza itself, and the rather well-known north-south Silver Road, the major road leading up to Tritower and then into the northern baronies. Two farmhouses can be seen here, each with a fair swath of farming land attached. And finally, a somewhat worn old roadhouse with a plain wooden sign reading, "The Broken Log," finishes out the items of import in this little X on the map.From within The Broken Log, a fairly pleasing aroma of lunch being cooked for travelers such as yourselves wafts from the inside of the building, rising slowly upward. A glance at the sun, nested between fluffy white clouds, reminds you that it's a bit early for lunch, but not unreasonably so.Sighting southward down the Silver Road, a forest pushes up on the left side, although more open terrain can be seen on the right, with continuing signs of the presence of sentient races: a small farm house here, some cleared land there. Hills can be seen in the distance to the right of the Silver Road, and the swamp the group elected to not traverse is undoubtedly located there.The further you travel along the Silver Road, the smaller the usable land between the road and the swampland becomes. You cannot see the swamp, but you can eventually smell it--a bit musty, with a tinge of decomposing foliage, but very, very much alive. As night approaches, the smell disappears--presumably because the swamp is now receding away from the Silver Road. More importantly to the average traveler, there is a small inn, no more inspiring than the one back at Baron's Cross, named The End of the Road. And, if you don't want to go digging into your trail rations just yet, the inviting smell tells you dinner awaits within those walls.True to the word, a quick glance tells you the Silver Road, one of the most famous roads many of you even know to exist, ends less than 100 yards later, breaking down into a much less impressive unpaved road.[sblock=Travel Day 1]Let me know anything you're doing. With the main road breaking down, the next day's travel will be more a function of how you'd like to do things: try to hit the site directly, or possibly target a bit to the east or west and track in on the river.Looking at the inn, it seems you can count on food, beds (although it remains to be seen how a larger group such as yours would be handled) and a small stable.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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