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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 6888966" data-attributes="member: 9255">THE MORGRAVE ADVENTURES“06 EMERALD FOREST”SEGMENT 61“A STORY NOT TO SHARE”04/10/16ZARANTYR 5, 1001  AN OLD WOMAN’S CABIN IN THE ELDEEN REACHESInside the cabin after day break, Taylor has another bowl of the stew.  Kar-Draith decides to try the stew.  His reptilian teeth make it difficult to sip the stew.  He mainly enjoys the pieces of meat inside.  He thinks he has identified the meat.  It is not the vermin the two magic users are thinking of.  He smiles and enjoys some more of the meat.Outside, the snow has stopped falling rapidly and now it is just lazy flurries.  There is no wind or frigid gusts.  The sun is attempting to burn through the storm clouds.  Charger wonders if it will warm up enough to melt the new foot of snow they have.   With the snow drifts there are spots where the snow is over three feet and some areas reduced to a mere five or six inches.He appreciates the morning sun on the fresh snow and sees the purples and blues of the shadows in the snow.   Taylor would appreciate it also thinks the warforged.With his constant moving and circling around of the cabin, he has created a path that surrounds the cabin.   He was trying to get to the wood pile so as to help the old woman with her heat when he nearly tripped on something under the snow.   Curious if it were a root (he is near a stump with an axe on top) he kicks at the snow.   He finds a black worn boot.   Somehow it seems familiar to him.  Looking over his large shoulder pad, he looks through a frosted window and can see Taylor eating and the top of Diana’s head as she moves about.  He returns to searching in the snow.Nearby he finds a dark green cloak.  Thinking fresh dry wood may be under it he pulls it from the ground.  Chainmail.  Green and black tunics.  Emerald Green.   He looks back to the nearby stump and from this side he can see the axe head.  It has dark red and brown stains on it.   A bit of hair also.  Charger feels he knows what has happened but cannot quite place it.   He starts a new path around the stump and once more kicks into something under the snow.  Rooting around in the snow his foot finds a glove.  A heavy glove.“The stew was marvelous.” Says the sorcerer patting his full stomach.“Are you sure you did not want more dear?” asks the old frail woman of Diana.“No thank you.  Besides, I’m not sure Kar-Draith left any behind.”Kar-Draith smiles.  He is enjoying the stew.  Especially the meat within the stew.   It is far better than trail rations and is very fresh.Diana peeks out the window and sees Charger circling the cabin.   He looks bored so she suggests they should be going soon.  The old woman offers furs to wear but the group can see she has enough for herself only.  If only all the strangers they met on this trip were so nice.Taylor finishes his stew and prepares his stuff for travel.  Romeo, his animal familiar doesn’t want any of the meat but nibbles on a carrot.  It spits that out also.   “Nasty.  Surprised at you.” Romeo communicates through his mindlink with the sorcerer.As they begin to leave the door, they spot Charger walking around the edge of the cabin.  He is dragging something behind him.  The torso and one arm and hand of a person.   It appears to be an Emerald Claw soldier.“I found this in the snow….. “ says the warforged.“By the wood?”“By the chopping block.”Kar-Draith enjoys the look on the mage’s faces.  Both Taylor and Diana turn pale as the realization of what has happened clicks in their minds.  “Good Stew” says the lizardfolk.“@$$ hole” thinks Diana trying not to be sick.They stop and stand in the snow.  Diana looks back at the cabin.  She sees the silhouette of the old woman shuffling within the cabin.  The silhouette begins to quiver and enlarge.“We should get going.  It will be a long day today.” Moans the sorcerer.“Quicker the better.” Answers Diana still staring at the cabin.[ DM NOTES:   Ogre Mage and for the ‘real’ truth of Kar-Draith’s tale, see earlier segments of this Storyhour.]</blockquote>

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