There is a big noise?
Etienne arrives at Olegs Outpost. Carefully tending to his horse, he looks around. Fishing out an apple for his horse, he enters the house.
The morning after the encounter with the Orlovsky/Lebeda team, after having prayed Erastil for new spells, and after bidding farewell with Natalya, Anton will ride with Miyuki to Oleg leading her across the hills first and the plains then.
1st Bless (D), Deadeye's Arrow, Entangle (DC 14), Produce Flame
0th Create Water, Guidance, Light, Stabilize
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In my vision of it the actual trading post is a bit bigger and looks more like a country inn. The guest house on the East side is instead replaced with a group of Brevan guards being supervised by Commander Kesten Garess.
For those returning here Jhod has moved on, having told everyone he was going to the Temple of the Elk with hunter and White Eagle.
As Etienne heads inside the trading post he is greeted by Oleg. "Greetings traveler, how may I help you?"
Etinne nods to Oleg and smiles. "Hello Sir, I was told to come here. You have a fine inn, might I book a room and a place in the stable for my horse?"
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Oleg says "Certainly Sir. I shall see to your horse myself, and my wife will show you to your room now, should you like. We see few enough guests here, especially of quality, unless they are heading into the Greenbelt."
Anton and Miyuki, as you enter the Trading Post, not only do you notice this new arrival, but a few familiar faces are hagning around as well. Kazz, Hithil and Dregan are here.
Miyuki will greet the memebers of Team Darkness very friendly."Dregan, Hithil, Kazz, where is the rest of your team? Very nice to meet you. Tell me about your travels!"
After a minutes she will adress the young man in armor. "Hello stranger. May I introduce myself? My name is Miyuki and welcome to the savage frontier"
Beaming a dazzling smile at him.
Looking at the little girl, he smiles back and says:"Well met young Lady. My name is Etienne, Etienne de Guerlin. I hope to help to make the savage frontier... more civilized!"
Upon his arrival Anton greets Oleg and Svetlana, leaving Berego, his horse, in the stable. He also nods to the team darkness friends joining their eventual conversation.
Finally he goes to the newcomer cavalier too, right after Miyuki
"May Old Deadeye bless you, Etienne de Guerlin, I am Anton Medvyed, of the Church of Erastil. We also hope to make this frontier less savage, and create a new flourishing local community. But before doing so, we will need to explore and map all those lands."
Etienne Looks at the odd pair. "Just you two? I heard it is dangerus?"
Miyuki looks sad for a moment."We were more, but one rotten apple can spoil the barrel. It came to a quarrel and in the end... we had to part. We are hoping to find more people to help us explore this lands and Olegs Outpost is a logical choice. I can only speak for Anton and me, but we would be delighted to have someone who can wield a sword."
Etienne says to Anton:" You want me to join you? Then I will. Please tell me about the other people and what dangers we can meet."
"Well, we were all chartered for the exploration of this lands by the Brevoy's Swordlords says Anton displaying his charter to the newcomer
Charter image
"As Miyuki said, we were a big group, some minor nobles of the Brevian Great Houses, some other adventurers, not even all human. We defended together this outpost against some bandits, then we split in groups to explore the land.
About the dangers we can meet, this land is wild, there could be various kind of creatures, Feys form the good benevolent kind to the evil mischievous type, wild animal, savage plants, magical beasts. We also meet a Troll, and a kobold tribe who is now our allies. And of course some bandits, we are charted to strive against.
What about you? Why are you here in those lands?"
Etienne takes out his character. He says:"I was with the swordlords. One day a teacher came and asked if I would like a Chance to Show my worth. Bring law to a land without law. It would mean glory and a Chance to prove my skill. I had nothing to loose, so I said yes."
Miyuki wrote me a lengthy pm. So we explore some hexes. It might have something Special or not? And you want to find some grave?
Anton nods seeing the Etienne's charter.
So, by right you are gladly welcome to our exploration team.
After a few moments he takes Miyuki apart, whispering something to her
"Probably the Old Deadeye gifted us by finding a front-line fighter. Even if not a true erastilian. If you think we can trust him, should we told him about the dream quest?
Waiting for the two to speak, Etienne takes out a Piece of paper and writes something down. After he did it, he Hands it to Oleg and begs him to send it to Restov!
"I think so. I am curious if he is truly honorable, but if he is really aldori swordlord trained, he should know how to use his blade. And so far he didn´t ask "hunter" questions!"
After her little chat she will ask Anton to unroll their map and asks the members of team darkness to add what they know.
Anton goes to the nearest table to open the map on it gathering all the presents there
"So those zones marked with a black point are the ones fully explored. Have you anything to add?"
Miyuki will hand Anton 300gp to buy a wand of cure light wounds.
Shyly Etienne takes out his purse and says. "That wand is a life-saver. A very good idea." And hands Anton 150gp
Anton gathers the 300 gp from Miyuki, adding 150gp from Etienne and 150 from himself. For a total of 600gp.
I guess we should be able put that down as advance payment!
Etienne looks at the map and asks:"Wich way to search tomorrow?"
"I'm for going East, and explore the plains there until the end of the charted area."
Kazz nods to Anton at the greeting but is finishing his dealings with Oleg at the time. He listens casually to the conversation between the Druid, Miyuki and the armor clad newcomer.
Once finished he joins them around the map.
"You may want to hold off on heading east. You asked earlier where the rest of our team was. They currently hold the Stag Lord's former fort, located here.
"The bandit ruler himself is dead along with many of his followers. The rest are now scattered to the winds. The fort itself is sturdy though needs some refitting. A task our partners are currently working on. It represents a seat of power in these lands and lacking any other ownership is an ideal place from which to stage our efforts in these lands."
"We only just missed you earlier but I have already spoken to Chief White Eagle and Hunter. We are attempting to bring together all those of us who have been chartered. The time has come to coordinate our efforts here. We are asking that all of us meet at the fort on 10 days time to discuss our options. We are sending word to Restov of our victory over the bandits and word should have returned by then. Will you join us for this meeting?"
"On that topic, have you seen the other group, the Orlovsky's and their allies recently? We wish to get the same message to them."
Etienne thinks for a moment. "We still have a few days to explore!"
Anton smiles hearing that the bandit lord was now dead, but was still worried about the scattered bandits still wandering.
Anton points the bandit camp on the map
"We left the third team here, early in this morning. They were going south-west if I'am not mistaken. I wish you good luck in finding them.
I can't spoke for everybody, but I will try to be at the fort in 10 days."
Anton asks Oleg about a Wand of Cure Light Wounds, giving him down payment up to 600gp if needed.
Kazz nods at the map, "We know that camp well. Sounds as if they might reach the Fort on their own. This could work out well. We will look to see you in a few days then."
Leaving the others at the map Kazz goes to Oleg, giving him a message to send to Restov, informing the swordlords of their victory over the Stag Lord and the scattering of the bandits that had gripped the region. He asks that if possible, Oleg send the reply on with any of the others to the fort should they arrive at the trading post before team darkness returns.
He also leaves Oleg with a list of items to be sent away for and leaves him with the money to pay for it all.
Miyuki will say that it is money well invested. Also for the future!
Even Anton suggests to Oleg that buying a supply of that kind of wand could help his future business.
Miyuki will suggest that we check for the next unexplored hex... just to get a feeling for Etienne.
After a hard day the Young Knight Looks after eclipse and retreats to bed.
Anton asks Svetlana about dinner, and when it's time to eat, since father Jhod is gone, he will offer to bless the meal.
The next morning, after praying Erastil for new spells Anton leads the new team to explore in the east.
Anton will assist whoever want to lead the daily exploration
Next morning after breakfast Etienne says goodbye to Oleg and Svetlana and starts riding to the east.
A bit unsure he will try to pick the way.