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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4500523" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 8 - Guardians of the Forest (Part 4)“I cannot allow it,” said Litiraan once the two elves had presented themselves before his tent just as Dulvarna and the others were leaving. “The forest around the Ashen Tower has been forbidden to elves for centuries. It belongs to our enemies.”“But this is the Hullack Forest,” said Dulvarna. “Surely no great enemy lurks so deep within Cormyr.”“It was not always so,” answered the elf lord. “Once we were allied with the kings of men here and we guarded this forest for them. The woods around the tower was taken by an ancient evil and is forbidden to elves. I am surprised that you, Lavren, are happy to enter it.”“He has a duty to his friends as much as to his people,” rumbled Erlmoor softly. “And these two have a duty to avenge their father.” He of all the companions felt the burden of honour that the elf brothers felt and understood the duty that they must perform. “If they are prepared to brave this ancient decree then they should be allowed to do so. For the sake of their father.”Litiraan seemed stirred by the paladin’s appeal and lowered his eyes.“Very well,” he said at last. “But they go of their own will and on their own heads be it.”Ilar and Micor bowed stiffly to Litiraan and the others followed suit. Dulvarna then turned towards the southern edge of the camp and the boggy ground where the hobgoblins still burned. In the pale light of the winter afternoon, she led the companions out of the camp, heading deeper into the forest.</blockquote>

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