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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aura" data-source="post: 6810606" data-attributes="member: 6747658">[ATTACH]73643[/ATTACH][ATTACH]73644[/ATTACH]. . . . . . Darvin Hurella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jericho . . . . . . . .As the group starts out into the forest, Samad's question grabs the attention of the fencing scholar. "Oh," he starts, parsing his words, "Not far. Maybe less than an hour, as the crow flies."Perhaps others thought the same quip, but it is Jericho who immediately fields the obvious response. "Too bad, we're not crows," he observes flatly."Pffft. I have a map, how bad could it be?" Even as Darvin waves the map around, Jonas furrows his brow, looking over the scrawlings. Even a short pver-the-shoulder observation reveals the truth--Darvin's map is little more than a general idea of how to get there.About an hour later, and despite some objections from Tsaaruk about having gotten turned around, the group finally approaches a ruin, becoming visible through the trees. However, a sigh from Darvin lets everything know something has gone wrong. "This isn't it, this is Starlight Keep. Worthless! Well, I mean, it's interesting, but I think it's been investigated pretty well since its discovery 5 years ago. That means we're... few hundred yards from where we started."With a setback fresh in his mind, Darvin becomes a lot more open to input from the rest of the group on navigating to the site. As time goes by, he relies more on Tsaaruk for his feel for the lay of the land, and Jonas for his map skills. New map locations are added, until the map starts to look more and more like a map. After a couple more hours, and with considerably more conversation between the dandy and the two large orc-blooded men, the group comes into a clearing. On one side, Darvin pulls some overgrowth away and reveals a darkened cave beyond. You have arrived.Jericho begins organizing a base camp, collecting up your horses and doing everything necessary. "Anything you want to leave here, I'll throw into the supply tent. If anyone wants their tents pitched while you're in there, let me know. You know where I'll be.""Let me show you what we have," Darvin says changing the subject and inviting the group through the overgrowth as he ignites a sunrod. Inside is a cave, sloping downward into the earth. At the opposite side, about 50 feet away, lies a large, single-slab, stone door. On the face is a series of small symbols in a circular arrangement. There is no obvious way to get past the portal. Darvin starts digging through his pack, producing a parchment. "I think I have the code to get the door open figured out, but I haven't tried it. Actually, I haven't really touched it. This is as far as I have been. Ball's in your court, my friends. I can share the information with you, or try it out myself, assuming you're ready and think it's safe. After that, it's all you."[sblock=OOC](1) Mowgli is awful busy so I'm having him take 10 on Kn:Geography to help move things along. That gives a 16 which is a basic success.(2) I've got mage armor spells from Pirvinia. Let me know if you have any other long term buffs or preparations.(3) Starlight Keep - Year 1 LPF reference. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />[/sblock]</blockquote>

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