Wait! Please! We are here to battle the orcs that are threatoning th eland and ask for your aid.
William drops Ingrahild's axes and quiver. He draws his greataxe and readies his shield.
"A voice without body will have a hard time taking anything back. And I'm sure we have nothing from you. So show yourself and state your case!" Yorikata demands.
A faint form can be seen as it moves in the air very quickly. "Silly Girl I will take back what is ours."
William assumes this to be a wisp. "What is it the Council of Thorns seeks? We have been sent to complete your mission. Any aid we can give you shall be granted."
His voice needs clearing. He does not give his best presentation.
Quickly going through the possessions the group shows here Yorikata deducts that the phony voice talks about hte lantern. "We'll see who is of sane mind and who is the nutjob. That lantern is given to us by Silvermane and therefore rightfully belongs to us. And he told something about stuffing a will o'whisp into it. Are you volunteering? Because to me it sounds like it."
Lanneth stays well back as she speaks to the spirit.
Taking that lantern from the Child will only aid the Orcs who killed you. The Orcs and Giants are teaming up again as they did in my youth, and we need those weapons to stop them from destroying everything.
Yea, listen to the elder, wisdom comes with great age.
"You wish. Sometimes age comes alone." Yorikata mumbles to herself. How old are those druid will o'whisps? she ponders in comparison to Lanneth's age, which seems to properly proof her point.
"Silvermane you say?" The voice rings out, as the body of a small round creature that looks like electricty forms in the air. "He still lives that is good but your news of the Orcs is disturbing, we fought them here and closer to our home."
Yorikata clears her throat, straightens out and raises her voice. "We are the great heroes of Trunau, who fought and subdued an invasion of orcs and giants on our stubborn town. With great losses the orcs were defeated, but defeated they were. And now we have come to bring the fight to those who fled after the defeat. To make sure this newly reforged alliance between orcs and giants is rooted out forever."
"And for this noble endeavor Silvermane sent us here to find the mighty weapons, hidden in the Vault of Thorns for exactly this purpose of defeating the orcish threat for this land."
"So are you with us, or will you further stall our progress and help the orcs by buying them time?"
"Your transformation was ingenious and quite effective. Yet we are from Trunau, the city that never fell. If we are successful in our mission, the orc and giant threat to these lands will finally be removed. Will the Council of Thorns once again take up their fight? Join us, druid."
The Ball of Lightning turns into a older Human with a large bushy beard.
"I will not delay you further, if what you say is true then we need to get you into the vault with all haste." The spirit mans face appears to become more sad looking. "We thought to hold the Orc horde here but they were to many, we sacrificed ourselves to turn into these shapes. We are bound to this area to protect the Vault, we cannot leave. I can do something for you though."
The image of the man fades away turning back into a Will-O'-Wisp, the Man flies over to an area and shines a light on what looks like the husk of a Wisp. "Take this brother of mine and place the husk inside the lantern, it will guide you to the standing stones and allow you entrance when you wash the light of the Lamp over the Central stone. "
Thank you. These Orc hordes will be stopped and your sacrifice will be remembered.
Yorikata picks up the spongy thing the druid o'whisp shines a light on and stuffs it into the lantern Dain is carrying. She takes a step back to see if some magic kicks in.
William addresses the wisp. "Have you a name sir? Bards and minstrels shall surely mention you in tales and songs for this deed. "
"My name is Mossmoon." He says as the Lantern starts to light up, the light spins around in the lantern a soft green colour. After a few minutes the light slows down and eventually points Slight North West.
"May your Gods speed your journey and protect you, I will stand vigil here." Mossmoon says before becoming invisible again
Lanneth raises an eyebrow as the green light shines north.
Well I suppose that makes it easier to find what we are looking for.
Dain and Lanneth are able to find a path out of the clearing you are in, after about an hour or so the path ends and the swamp begins again.
Why would anyone want to live here?
Lanneth says stays to no-one in particular as she slaps at another mosquito that tries to bit her.
"I don't want to wade through the mud again. Can you put me in your bag and wake me when we're there?" Yorikata asks Lanneth.
William looks at Yorikata when she makes the comment about getting into Lanneth's bag. Hmmmm...
Something up ahead. Noise..
Once William is slightly out of view Lanneth says fondly to Yorikata.
Hop in dearie. as she holds open her backpack.
Then she proceeds on.
If William asks about Yorikata, Lanneth deadpans.
What? Oh, I turned her into a newt. and just keeps walking.
Lanneth pauses when Dain indicates there is something ahead and peers around trying to detect anything.
Dain stops the group and moves the edge of the tree line, with brambles and twigs in his beard Dain appears to just be another but grumpier bush. A head is seen 6 well armed Orcs with a hand symbol painted on an epaulet of their armor.
The 'newt' giggles in the backpack, which makes a strange noise.
William stops in his tracks so as not to make any noise with his armor. He looks at the backpack where the sound came from and glances around for Yorikata. Hmmm.......
William is not sure what the Symbol is, the Orcs look like they are on patrol. They haven't noticed you yet.
Dain holds up six fingers to show the others so they all know how many they face.
William takes Lanneth's arm again and moves into the brush. He will let go if she resists. He whispers "Let us not be detected quite yet."
The Orc patrol moves about the area more, as the party moves a bit back in the bushes the Orcs appear to have not spotted you but are slowly getting closer.
Dain looks at the others and draws a finger across his throat.
William whispers "It will only last a minute. Dain, any ideas?"
The Orcs continue to draw closer to the party
Yorikata has full cover.
"Oi! Look ee 'ere, more fer the fighting pit!" One of the Orc yells as Dain and William make a lot of noise in the bushes trying to hide.
William begins singing a song about killing orcs. He moves forward 10 feet.
Lanneth looks over at Ingrehild.
you may want to back up child.
Red and Purple move down 30' pulling out Javelins as they do. "More for the bear pit with that ugly dwarf."
Dain shoots at the lead orc
Yorikata crawls out of the backpack.