The Drow War Book One - Chillhame

[Voadam]

Enthalus follows, searching his memory for lore about hauntings that might apply to this area.

[ooc lore check].

 

[Evil Ujio]

Enthalus follows, searching his memory for lore about hauntings that might apply to this area.

[ooc lore check].

Enthalus rolls a 20 on his Bardic Lore check. He had heard tails that most stories of ghost hauntings in the region were false, but from time to time a real spirit would emerge, but these happenings were far and few in between chances are these hauntings were simply a band of savage humanoids scaring away competition.

Laurel follows the trail south for a half hour before she comes upon a quandary, there are more larger steps of that approach from the west, then seem to head back the ay they came towards a copse of sparse trees. She can see no one in the distance, but is certain that the children took the path of these strangers’ steps. They are about man-size, much too large to belong to “shadow goblins”.

 

[Endur]

Laurel tells the others, "It looks like the children met some others here. And they went towards that copse of trees.
"The tracks are too large to be that of children or goblins."

Laurel checks to see if the larger tracks are barefoot, booted, or have other strange characteristics before leading the others towards the trees.

 

[Voadam]

"While there are rare confirmed tales of spirit hauntings in the area, humanoids in this part of the world more commonly use scare tactics to fake hauntings in areas they want to establish as their own. Humanoid shamen are often adept at manipulating fear for power within their savage societies and apply these tactics as well for the benefits of their tribes. Laurel, can you tell if the footprints belong to humans, elves, or other humanoids?"

 

[Evil Ujio]

Laurel tells the others, "It looks like the children met some others here. And they went towards that copse of trees.
"The tracks are too large to be that of children or goblins."

Laurel checks to see if the larger tracks are barefoot, booted, or have other strange characteristics before leading the others towards the trees.

The footprints looked to be boots, hardened military boots. From the placement of feet, whoever made the prints were disciplined soldiers or mercernaries perhaps, and it looks like they headed back towards the copse of trees where a large rock slab seems to sit amidst the sparse trees.

Upon closer inspection it looks to be a headstone for a grave with grime, dirt, and moss covering much of the text; it seems pretty obvious to Laurel that a battle of some type took place on this spot. The battle was recent perhaps only a few hours ago.

 

[Endur]

Laurel says, "It looks like soldiers found the children and then fought a battle near this large stone a few hours ago."

Laurel looks to see if there are any tracks going anywhere, including examining the large stone to see if tracks appear or disappear near it.

 

[Thanee]

Kyalia

“Only a few hours? Where might they have come from? Surely not from the town then...”

 

[Ranger Rick]

DOlan looks back to where they had come from, "A battle? Would not the sounds of much metal striking metal have reverbated through the land?"

 

[Evil Ujio]

Laurel says, "It looks like soldiers found the children and then fought a battle near this large stone a few hours ago."

Laurel looks to see if there are any tracks going anywhere, including examining the large stone to see if tracks appear or disappear near it.

There are two paths leading away from this stone, which upon further inspection looks to be a grave stone with garbled text, obscured by overgrowth, grime, and some of it worn away by simply time.

The two paths lead further south, the other to the west...

It will take another Survival Check to discern which path the children may have gone, and a Decipher Script check for the gravestone.

 

[Evil Ujio]

DOlan looks back to where they had come from, "A battle? Would not the sounds of much metal striking metal have reverbated through the land?"

You are about a half hour's walk from the village, so there may have been some sound, but with the distance it would have been hard pressed to hear.