(045) Crags and Foothills

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Post by waysoftheearth » Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:35 pm

(045) Crags and Foothills

waysoftheearth wrote:
The company breaks camp and sets a good pace as they continue their march into the foothills.

The spring morning is crisp, but the day promises to be warm, and long before noon the toil of marching with laden packs and war gear has you mopping sweat from your brows.

As the ground rises and grows steadily rougher the streams and brooks you passed yesterday become less frequent. The verdant grass gives way packed, rocky earth and the thatches of trees are reduced to tussocks of hardy heath clinging to the lee side of boulders.


Olaf and Guntram scout ahead, searching out safe routes through the crags, while the main body of the company travel in a single file along goat tracks and through narrow passes, with Josiane, Murphy the mule, and the Dwarfs bringing up the rear. Highbow ever lingers someway behind these, keeping a rheumy eye upon the wilderness behind them, but there is no sign of any pursuit by The Boar's men, or anyone else.

There are still signs that there are rabbits and wild goats about, but they must be scare or canny, for you see none all morning -- clearly there is less game in these parts.

The march continues none the less...
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Post by waysoftheearth » Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:48 pm

(045) Crags and Foothills

waysoftheearth wrote:
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By noon you have been climbing steadily all morning and the sun is hot upon your shoulders.

Olaf and Guntram, having just topped the next ridge, espy an old paved plaza some two score yards down the hill side. Whatever structure might have stood there long ago has since slipped away or been devoured by aeons of wind and rain. All that remains now are a few bricks of a wall that partly retain the slope of the hill, and a floor of flagstones perhaps 60ft wide. A lone leafy tree grows behind the wall, its ample foliage providing a lovely bit of shade over the plaza.

Right in the center is a walled well. And by the edge of the well, a Man lies sprawled, as if he might be sleeping by the well...

What now?
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Post by waysoftheearth » Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:55 pm

(045) Crags and Foothills

waysoftheearth wrote:
Sirravd. Your adventure beings... now!

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Post by waysoftheearth » Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:08 pm

(045) Crags and Foothills

sirravd wrote:
Envongr leaps to his feet. "Wh..." he begins, then, baffled, sits down again. He abruptly finishes: "Who are you? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?"
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Post by waysoftheearth » Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:30 pm

(045) Crags and Foothills

mushgnome wrote:
Highbough the forbidding Elf warlock straggles behind the main party. "No sign of pursuit, then," he whispers to anyone close enough to hear, or no one at all. He watches the birds and chip squirrels frolic in the sunlight and is content.
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Post by waysoftheearth » Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:45 pm

(045) Crags and Foothills

doctorx wrote:
Josiane's hand flies to her sword-hilt at the sounds of shouting up ahead.

"What is amiss?" she wonders out loud.
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Post by waysoftheearth » Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:25 pm

(045) Crags and Foothills

verhaden wrote:
Torben

Torben keeps rank as his ears perk up. "Sounds like someone calling for help..." he says quietly. He casts a glance at Olaf for direction.
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Post by waysoftheearth » Sun Dec 30, 2012 12:33 am

(045) Crags and Foothills

sirravd wrote:
Envongr walks from the plaza, pick raised. He slowly approaches the party.
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Post by waysoftheearth » Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:27 am

(045) Crags and Foothills

waysoftheearth wrote:
For the moment, all that Envongr spies are two Men atop the ridge that overlooks the plaza. One carries a bow, and both are well armed. They are about 100ft away and up slope. He has no idea that they might be accompanied by others.

For the moment, all that Olaf and Guntram spy is a well built fellow with a pick-axe. He might be a miner or prospector... but he wears a helm and a coat of ringmail. Curiously, there is an owl perched upon his pack.
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Post by waysoftheearth » Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:59 am

(045) Crags and Foothills

sirravd wrote:
"You! What have you done!" he yells across the distance as he approaches.
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