The Four Lands - The Great North

[Rath Lorien]

"I'll be happy to burn it. But I suppose it will have to wait until we return to the fire on the beach."

Anniston stashes the cloak with the rest of his gear and then begins walking around the hold, making sure the area is secure. Once he is confident that the party is relatively safe, he will begin to collect the horses and determine if he can load them up with any food items or other survival supplies. Saddle the horses if possible.

 

[Rhun]

Vadric looks at Anniston as he begins gathering gear and saddles for the horses, a slight grin on his exhausted face. "My friend, those horses are going to have to swim to shore...do not overburden them. My spell of water walking still functions; we can bear the equipment back more easily than can a swimming animal."

 

[J. Alexander]

The Ship

Scouting the hold, the tack and gear is easily found stored in boxes next to the improvised stalls. In two of the stall,what appears to the be gnawed on remains of several horses can be found, blood staining both the hay and the decking. A total of 22 horses can be found most of them of the light warhorse varity with several (3) of the heavy warehorse and (2) that appear to be hunter/jumbers. Bertrands animals are unharmed.

 

[Rath Lorien]

"That is true, Vadric. We will carry what we can. But it is not far to swim and the horses will be well motivated. We will only force them to bear what is prudent."

Anniston begins to put saddles, tack, saddlebags, etc on the horses that look most able to make the voyage.

"Depending on how this goes, perhaps we can make more than one trip."

 

[Scotley]

Bertrand

Bertrand's spirits improve visibly upon being re-united with his horses. "Now if we can just find the coffee I'd gladly take on another demon." He considers the problem and suggests. "We need to find the dominate horses and using Vadric's blessing of water walking, guide them ashore. The rest should try to follow and give us relatively little trouble. We need to get them away from all this blood and dark magic though."

OOC: How hard is it going to be to get the horses into the water? How much of a drop are we looking at from the lowest point we can get them too?

 

[J. Alexander]

The Ship

Another inspection of the stabel deck shows a staircase leading to one of the main holds directly above the party. From the openings in the ships side and with a little effort with an axe the party should be able to make an opening large enought for the horses with just a 4 foot drop into the water.

 

[Dracomeander]

Finnian

Finnian sheathes his weapons and moves to assist with the horses.

 

[Rhun]

Vadric steps up to start working on widening the hole to allow the horses egress; although Warsong[i/] wasn't crafted for the purpose, the knight knew that the adamantine blade was well-neigh indestructable, and the edge keen enough to easily chop wood.

 

[Scotley]

Bertrand

Bertrand and Rendee start checking the nearby holds for food and other supplies.

 

[Canaan]

Jaroth

"I can enspell the horses to breath water. I will use my magic to do so when it is time to leave. In the meantime, I need to retrieve my satchel. Will you join me in a search of my quarters?" Jaroth asks.

[ooc: I'm not sure that Jaroth left his satchel here. If so, he will search his quarters for it. When we are ready, he will cast as many castings of water breathing as are necessary for the horses. It will last 110 minutes divided by the number of horses he casts it on and he will use enough castings for them to make it to shore.]