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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 7193558" data-attributes="member: 9255">THE HIDDEN: BEYOND NEW WATER01 WORK COMMUTESEGMENT 106“PASSAGE  INTO ELDEEN 02”7/18/17Eyre 7, 1000    The House Orien road continues deeper into Eldeen.  Pockets of fields, natural or made by war, come and go.  The snow here is deeper and slows down the horses.  Ziggy continues to talk about recipes and different means to cook.  Tyson is beginning to think it is time for a new carriage.  Feldrix has taken up a new interest.  He has decided he does not like Hue and just stares as him all day, straight on so that he can see his “nose” and rows of exposed teeth.  In his harsh voice he asks if Hue is comfortable just to regain his attention.  In the third and last carriage, Dru travels with three farmer’s sons from Aundair.   If they are uncomfortable around a hobgoblin, they may very well be in for a rude awakening when they reach the lands of the Orcs.Only Dru and Tyson are looking out the frosted windows of the warmed drawn cars.  It is them that see something strange outside.  The snow, hard on top from periods of melt and drizzle, is breaking up and dusty small ice clouds are rising.  The disturbance is headed towards the caravan.  Dru kicks open the door before anyone is aware of the trouble.  He leaps out into the snow doing a drop and tumble causing dozens of minor nicks and cuts to form on his exposed arms and shins from the ice covered snow.  Suddenly the ice and snow explodes as hundreds of red eyed rats swarm out of the snow.An alarm is called out about the hobgoblin jumping off which leads the three drivers to stop the entire caravan.  “What is happening?!?” exclaims the Changeling with child like excitement.  He presses his face against the glass and sees briefly a burst of snow and movement before his own breath fogs up the entire window.“We are being attacked by something under the snow.” States the inquisitive whom grabs his short bow and begins to attach his line to it.  (sure sign of a novice traveler).  Ziggy opens the door and jumps out.  He hits the icy crust and slips.  He rolls down a crater caused by a powerful blast by a mage or other supernatural creature.  Feldrix leans out.  “Are you okay?”“Yup.  Just checking out how slippery it is.  Yup.  It is slippery.”“Hurmmmm”The skeletal honor guard steps out.  Since most of his weight is only the armor, he is actually very light.  He prepares to aid his new friend and student while the inquisitive steps out with his bow readied.  “Rats?”   He looks at the swarm as the monk prepares for battle. “The sewer rats of Sharn look bigger than these mice.”“Then shoot them” answers the armored skeleton in a gruffly voice. “Have you ever fought a swarm?   I do not have what it takes.”The monk readies himself then suddenly leaps up into the air trailing snow as he does. He lands within the swarm and does a low leg sweep.  Rats are caste into the air and back away from the caravan.  He leaps up once more and repeats this method scattering the swarm before they can climb onto him.  The swarm changes direction and goes for the horse now.Having pulled the alchemist out of the crater, the three other travelers hurry over as they can.  Ziggy pulls out what some mistake as a potion.  The red eyes bother the Changeling.  He fears they are undead.  The skeleton moves on but is too slow.  He will be last to reach the swarm.  Tyson fires once but the cold pains his fingers and his shot goes wide…. Away from the monk and swarm.Zig throws his holy water at the swarm but the metal edging on the glass potion sticks slightly to his cotton glove and it goes wide-  onto the poor defenseless horse (which saves it from the fiendish swarm).  The horse calls out in surprise as rats dance about its feet and liquid strikes its hind quarters and begins to freeze slightly.The monk continues to stomp, sweep and seemly dance on the swarm which decides to move away.Once of the drivers leans over….. “The excitement is over.  Get yer backsides back in.  Oh- and welcome to Eldeen.”</blockquote>

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