Dunathar wonders: Had he acted too rashly? The horsemen had reared their horses and readied their weapons, and clearly were about to attack, but... was there anything they could have done differently? Dunathar ponders, going through the encounter in his mind.
Filbert studies Adromon’s wounds as Rowyn watches over them. There was a big cut in his side, but strangely it was not the kind of gaping, bleeding wound Filbert had seen in similar situations. It was almost as if the wound had partially closed inside Adromon’s body. Perhaps there was more to this human then met the eye... Filbert channels Fharlanghn’s healing power, bringing Adromon back to consciousness and healing some of his own wounds. He gives his potions to Adromon and Dunathar who drink them thankfully. Filbert takes a few minutes to assess the health of his companions.
[Adromon is injured most, with 6 pts of damage. Mirena is next with 4. Zanock and Filbert have 3. Dunathar has 1.]
Stripping the bodies to gather all the equipment together takes quite a bit of time, especially removing the armor. As Filbert helps to remove the human in scale mail’s armor, he finds a necklace hidden under his shirt. It is a silver fist, holding six colored red arrows, the same symbol that is pressed in the red wax on the sealed scroll tube. Filbert recognizes it as Hextor’s symbol.
During this time, Dunathar’s keen ears catch the sounds of horse hooves beating the earth at a gallop in the distance, but after going uphill to take a look, he sees nothing. He finds it difficult to determine which direction the sounds came from.
Eventually the party gathers everything together, laying it out on the ground for Manzanita to cast her detection spell.
The potion labeled “cure light” radiates faint conjuration.
There is a radiation of faint abjuration coming from inside the leather scroll case.
The bone scroll case itself radiates faint magic, but Manzanita is unable to determine what school.
The wand radiates faint conjuration.
The large steel shield radiates faint abjuration.
Manzanita takes the robes and the book. With a bit of searching and practice, she finds that she can reach the hidden pockets quite easily and quickly. However, the pockets are pretty much impossible to detect from a casual glance. Even with the robes open and the pockets visible, they are fairly difficult to find if you didn't know they were there. The red leather book is a spell book that she will need sit with for a while to decipher.
Filbert takes the wand and scroll cases. The box looks well-crafted, and Filbert thinks it might be worth something. He calls over Dunathar to take a look. Dunathar takes a minute examining the box, and thinks the box itself, with the carvings and well-made lock, might be worth 100 gp to the right buyer. He’s also pretty sure, from the sounds it makes when moved, that the box is filled with coin.
Hearing Manzanita’s suggestion, Filbert and Alyssa take a look at the ground. The tracks of the riders would be fairly easy to follow. They come from the west. They seem to have been sticking to low ground, perhaps to minimize their visibility. They were also moving fairly quickly (at a hustle).
... Does that human in scale mail have a religious symbol ?
