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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 5302055" data-attributes="member: 60965">Corvus, having helped tend people's wounds, mumbles something about "being to old for this stuff" and has a short, hushed conversation with the Master Mason.  She nods and thanks him profusely before he turns and gathers his things.The warlord shakes hands solemnly with each member of the party, then turns and begins heading down the river looking for a ford."He is free to decide as he will, but I am afraid he will be sorely missed if we face the dead again," the Master Mason says.  "No matter, we must press on."The group travels hard for several hours, the trail getting steeper and rockier by the hour.  The sun sets in a blaze of red and gold, then leaves the path lit by a gleaming full moon.  A hundred stars have come out by the time you see a square tower, perhaps thirty or forty feet tall, ahead, jutting from a cliff face over the sea.The light from what must be a dozen torches gleams from its base and more light shines through arrow slits further up.  You have not reached it yet, but only the few rocky switch-backs of the road lie before you until you are there.After reining in the wagon, the Master Mason dismounts and gathers everyone around.  "Perhaps it would be best if you scouted ahead.  If there are more of the dead at the tower, we would likely be more hindrance than help...""Not this time," Woodright says, grabbing a pick from the back of the wagon.  "I'm not proud of how I acted last time and if I want to be able to look my wife and children in the face when we return to Daunton, I will not be that way again."The Master Mason turns to the group.  "Well, I guess you shall decide.  Shall we all go together, shall we stay here as you scout ahead, or perhaps might we send one or two to sneak ahead and survey the situation?"[sblock=Perception 23]Even with the distance, you can see dozens of crows sitting on the tower battlements, their eyes glinting red in the moonlight.[/sblock][sblock=Arcana or Religion 23]There is the stink of dark magics about, even heavier than it was when you faced the dead before...[/sblock]</blockquote>

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