"Is that bridge 'The Wicker Walk'? If so, I think I know a little about it. Supposed to be a safe path through the shimmerglens swamps to the Sanos Forest, right?"
Kizzy Accepts the coin from Forest with a wink and smile., she will share the details of the swamp.
She sits with Clem and plays a soothing tune upon her harp, hoping to ease his mind.
"That it is." Jim answers Runt. "It's normally pretty safe anyway."
"That it is." Jim answers Runt. "It's normally pretty safe anyway."
"So it's true that the fey don't bother you on the bridge, at least not usually? Why? And are they causing trouble to those on the bridge too? Or just when you went out in your boat?"
"That's right," Jim says. "The Wicker Walk is typically safe. Now, I don't get out that way myself but to hear some of the others talk about it, such as Alexi over there," he says speaking up and pointing. A gruff man with dark sideburns raises his hand in greeting. "There seems to be a pall over the place. Just a bad feeling but a really bad one."
Forest expects they'll not get any more definitive information from other locals than what they've gotten from the innkeep. "Thanks for the information, Jim." He says, nodding to the man. "Is there anything out there besides swamp and fey? Hamlets, or farms?"
"There are some gnome communities but those are primarily in Sanos Forest. Otherwise, its as you say, swamp, fey and the occasional hunting cabin."
By the time you have finished eating and conversing the sun is dipping below the horizon. You settle up for beds for the evening and at some point you turn in. What is your plan on the morrow, do you intend to take the bridge or rent/buy a boat and row into the swamp?
I think we intend to take the bridge.