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Elinor looks very different dressed for battle. The fancy silks and furs are either safely packed or left behind although she still wears some simple chains of gold and silver. Instead she wears a blackened breastplate with a simple spangenhelm, albeit with a horsehair plume and the eye protection chased in silver, her own braids gathered up in a bundle at the back of her neck. Elinor carries a large circular shield in her right hand and wears a wolf-skin cloak over the top. Along with the great broadsword a warhammer hangs at her right hip and a pair of javelins are slung over her back.
"Are we gannin then?"
Harlynn leaves his domicile looking remarkably similar to what he did yesterday. In fact, you'd swear he was wearing the same clothes as last night. The only difference presented is his hair is a bit messier, he carries a dagger at his side, and there is a scroll case accompanying his messenger bag. As he saunters to the rest of the group he thinks to himself, Now what was the name of that lass... Ah well it will come to me eventually I suppose.
He looks up at the rest of the group, squints his eyes from the rising sun blinding him, covers it with a hand, smiles and says, Right then, A skull and a knife. We ready?
Narnel is anxious to get going first thing in the morning. He rises early and spends some time checking his equipment before leaving.
Ready when you all are.
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Bryndyn seems to be quite sure of where he is going and immediately leads you off the road and into the woods. It is amazing how quickly things regrow. The path he chooses is rocky, though he leads you past the worst of that and the thorns that seem to spring up all around the place. He says the trip will take about 2 hours on foot.
Harlynn perception checks
Todor perception checks
On the journey Elinor is open and pleasant to her companions, except for Bryndyn of whom she maintains a watchful suspicion, obviously more worried about him than about the hazards associated with moving through an area this close to a settlement. She hands Sven's reins to Harlynn to lead, having loaded hers and anyone else's belongings onto him. (Sven, not Harlynn). Elinor's heavy armour means she slows the group down but she encourages the less well armoured folk (i.e. everyone) to stay behind her unless they're deliberately going on ahead. While not a babbler like Larayn she's quite talkative as she seeks to get to know her shield companions.
Taedric nods to you before riding off with the other group, "Farewell. Desna's luck go with you all."
Narnel works both flanks of the group as they progress, keeping a watchful eye for danger, his bow at the ready.
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Upon the trail to the Devil's Hole, Harlynn makes small talk while taking the time out to socialize with his ferret, Todor. He tries not to be at the lead but takes care not to be at the rear either. He looks at everyone and throws out the question jokingly So come here often?
Nicodemus converses cheerily with his new companions as they make their way across the briar- and rock-strewn wilderness, quick to laugh or joke and listening intently to what they say, although he shares little about himself.
Apologies for my infrequent posting; we've been a bit understaffed at work.
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Elinor points forwards and slightly off to her left.
"Is that a helmet, or just a shiny rock?"
Narnel at B15
I'm assuming that for normal travel, a large shield is 'slung' giving me both hands free . I'll draw my long spear and move to H15 gesturing to Harlynn to stay back.
"Narnel, your eyes must be better than mine, tell me I wasn't imagining that."
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Byrndyn hunches forward, looking at something caught in the nearby fir tree. He sees no new tracks, sees nothing on the horizon, but feels something...something in the air. He kneels, leaning on his heavy mace, his crossbow slung across his back.
si kiwieg hefoc yth re drekim theseka
In common, he adds Have a care, we are getting close
Narnel moves to F14 when Elinor moves.
I do not see anything, Ellie.
Perception:
Harlynn inches forward, taking care to make sure Todor is stowed safely in his bag. He seems to hold his hand purposefully in an odd way, unspeaking as if he is holding a word of power on the tip of his tongue.
Elinor advances towards where she thought she saw something with her spear 'on guard'.
You there, I saw you come out and reveal your self. We mean you no harm. He gestures to the same area where Elinor pointed someone out.
Initiative
5' step forwards (I15, assuming we gained a response after her first move).
Drop spear, ready shield, then sword (in that order).
Harlynn remains where he is and shouts You there, by authority of Haugin's Ear my superiors have demanded you come out and explain yourself!
Initiative:
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Bryndyn moves toward Elinor as she takes a step forward, readying herself for trouble. Larayn also comes up closer to her. Everone has thier eyes out, but there is just too much cover to see much, and now everytime the breeze moves a twig it jangles your nerves. No more sign off whoever or whatever is out there.
Narnel draws his bow from his current position, primed to fire at the first site of the enemy. He carefully looks for such an enemy.
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