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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 98414" data-attributes="member: 114">The company ride past the new shanty town and take the North road, past the village of Oakhurst and the forest where some of their earliest adventures took place and brave companions lost their lives. Azrin perhaps wistfully remembers the days when his life was a lot simpler than it is now, days when all he had to care about was his books…Continuing northwards, past frosty hamlets and frozen tracks, they end their first days riding early, since Trajan remembers seeing a monolith near the road here when he first came down to Knightsbridge from his home village a few weeks ago. Southlander folklore says that the monoliths are particularly safe to camp by at night, so they set up their camp and settle down for an early night.Azrin is on second watch, and is startled to hear the soft crunch of paws on frosty grass. Just beyond the edge of the firelight he can make out several pairs of yellow eyes watching them and the horses in the night. Wolves. He calls upon a prayer of Asura designed to weaken his foes morale, and the wolves slip a little further back into the night, but continue circling their small camp. Worried, Azrin wakes his companions.Trajan steadies the horses, and counsels calm. Azrin wants to launch a magical attack on the wolves but M’ir has another idea. He wants to find out whether the monolith is truly a place of safety. He opens his mind to the psychic impressions in the area, and detects feelings of relief, tinged with fear. In his minds eye he can see the ghostly shapes of dozens of individuals through the years - farmers, women and children of different times and different ages, each hugging the rock and looking outwards, fearful but relieved.“Don’t worry” M’ir says. “We are safe from the wolves here”. He lies down and goes back to sleep. Through the night watches the wolves linger, watching but never approaching into the firelight. Before the last watch the pack gives up and moves on.</blockquote>

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