Tianchao Wangguo Chapter 1: Calm before the storm


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Once her task is over, Lin Xu says « Something will have to be done on a metaphysical level, » as « cleaning the physical shrine won't be enough to undo the defiling, although it was still necessary. »

She tells Arishan that « A scroll can be nailed to the entrance with a warning, that's how it's usually done in the North. »
 

Ariakor said:
Jian Guo:
Closer inspection reveals that the riders chose to leave the main trail and followed along a much frequented game trail . Due to the recent rains and the animals in the area, it is difficult to see the tracks at first, but then you see them. You also realize that one rider must have split off from the rest and continued further down the trail. Under one bush close to where they parted from the road you can see some dark spots in the mud, which seem to be blood. These spots are about as old as the tracks themselves.

After drawing an arrow in the mud to show the others which way she's heading Jian follows the tracks of the group of riders.
 


Rhialto said:
Pan Chou follows after her. "What are we following?" he whispers to the druid.

"Our prey." she whispers back to him. "A group of men on horseback. And judging from the bloodstain I found a short while ago these are surely the men we will inflict fair vengeance on."
 


Nephtys said:
"Our prey." she whispers back to him. "A group of men on horseback. And judging from the bloodstain I found a short while ago these are surely the men we will inflict fair vengeance on."

Pan Chou blinks. "So--we are following the tracks of a large group of men, which are two weeks old." He shrugs. "It is your call on this matter, but I suspect we might actually profit more by studying the bloodstain..."
 

« Oh, we won't find them today, and beside, we have to go back to the other travelers. But we can get an idea of where we'll have to search. I need to know the general direction they took. »
 

Pan Chou nods at the Scout who has suddenly joined the pair. "Yes, but I feel whatever traces they've left behind on a two week old trail will be minimal--whereas the bloodstain she mentioned might lead us to directly to such a trace..."
 


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