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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 7961762" data-attributes="member: 7015827">Detour to TeziirTheir path decided, the companions made preparations to depart, with Jokull and Dinendal going off to bathe. Rahnee settled up accounts with Jandrico and informed the innkeeper that they would be gone for at least several days. The group then headed out, initially thinking that they would go to the clan lands via Turnton, but this was nixed by Darrow, who pointed out that Turnton was south and they needed to head west, along Traders Road. After a number of hours of traveling in the cold, the party arrived at the Reddansyr crossroads and decided to head for the village rather than camp outdoors.It was very early on the morning of Alturiak 11 when the companions entered the Giant’s Folly in Reddansyr. Jokull, for some reason not as awake as the others, paid Ian Gryphonhawk a gold and immediately went upstairs to one of the common rooms to sleep. Darrow was more thirsty than tired, immediately downing an ale as Ian welcomed the others. Rahnee formally introduced Darrow and Dinendal to Ian, who was the proprietor of the festhall and also the town leader. In response to a question from Rahnee, Ian said that he had still heard nothing from his son Killian, but asked them to keep an ear out for any news if they were heading out toward Starmantle. Dinendal and Darrow both drank some of the available stout before Ian showed the group upstairs to their rooms for the night; Aerikoth took the one suite available, while the others shared a common room.By late morning, everyone except Jokull was up, gathering in the inn’s common area for breakfast. Aerikoth told the others that he intended to stay for the day, in order to scribe a spell he acquired into his spell book. The wizard indicated that he could catch up with them in Teziir, if they decided to move on. Rahnee shrugged, saying that the day was already half gone and that they were in no rush, so would not mind staying themselves. Rahnee inquired after their former companion Belle, but was told by Ian that she had not been seen in Reddansyr for some time. Her father was still alive and had apparently recovered from the illness that had prompted Belle to return to the village and care for him.Over breakfast, Dinendal was reminded of tales of Waterdeep’s underworld, bantering with Rahnee about rumors regarding the activities of “The Serpent”, an infamous elven exile and crime lord. Aerikoth excused himself and went up to his suite, to pursue his wizardly studies, while the others continued their conversation. Jokull finally roused himself and joined the others, gladly wolfing down the oatmeal and bread on offer.By early evening, Jokull had again retired to his room. Aerikoth, having just finished scribing his spell, rejoined the others in the common area, desiring food and drink. Dinner was brought out, consisting of lamb and potatoes; as usual, Dinendal made a show of praying for forgiveness for eating the “slaughtered baby meat”, enjoying it nonetheless. An offhand comment from the elf about belching a prayer prompted a comment from Darrow and led to a friendly wager on a burping contest between the dwarf and the elf. Dinendal set the terms as a flask of ale to the one who could belch "Her Majesty's Last Girdle", a common Cormyrian round.As the two began to drink and warm up for the contest, Ian came over and, after inquiring about the quality of the dinner, asked if he could bring up a proposal. Rahnee agreed and asked Ian to join them. The innkeeper sat down, mentioning that he actually had two things to bring up, the second of which he would save for morning. The first involved the Scarlet Company, a mercenary group who had recently taken the contract to explore the Starmantle road. Ian asked Rahnee and the others if they would talk with the Scarlet Company, since “Helm’s Shadows” were actually the last ones to have traveled down that way, when the company had taken on a group of trolls by the Reddan River bridge. After a bit of discussion, they agreed to share their experiences with the mercenaries.</blockquote>

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