Ouch, rolled a 5.
Synatria leads fairly well, but she does not know the terrain well, and occasionally errs.
Lethe assists as best as she can
Lethe assists as best as she can
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Synatria leads the group expertly, navigating the forest well. On the fourth hour, she messed up and nearly led the group into a clearing in which a pack of wolves slept, and was forced to take a detour to avoid them, but otherwise the journey goes well.
Synatria leads you across the landscape. The place is flat, near featureless, endless scrubby plains with small hills braking up the landscape. She lead the group a bit to far east, not noticing it until she lead them close to a pack of Fastieth eating some kind of downed animal. you could not really tell what it was amide the blood and gore and stayed your distance.
As night begains to settle and the moons come out, you notice how large and bright the ring is in the southwestern sky
Lethe will take first watch
Perception check
Haedric also takes first watch.
Jaxon also takes the first watch
Munching on a bit of his trail rations, He looks up warily at Lethe" You fought well earlier against that Elf. Valenar grunts are as tough as deadhead elites. Looks like this isn't your first rodeo, Am I right?"
"No I suppose it isen't I was a mercenary for quite a while mostly for the money." She looks like she is about to add something else but decides against it "What about you how did you end up with this lot?"
Jax senses the hesitation, but decides not to press the issue. He begins to talk before taking a deep breath, hesitating himself. "That's a good question. Admittedly i'm not even sure. I suspect it's much the same way we all arrived here. I was born into a nation at war, and once i had the ability to do so, I couldn't find anything I'd rather do than defend my king and country." He says quietly stern. His eyes go dull as if looking within himself and getting lost there, but only for a moment. Quickly the luster returns to his eyes and he offers a warm smile."Besides, it's the only thing i've ever been good at.
Lethe nods at Jax's words before turning to Haerdric "How about you? how did you end up here?"
Lethe nods at Jax's words before turning to Haerdric "How about you? how did you end up here?"
Haedric continues to stare out into the desert. You would almost think he didn't hear you until he started speaking. "Those Karnnathi bastards took the only thing I ever cared for away from me. As much as I wanted to, couldn't destroy it all by myself. So I joined this."
Joy stares blankly into the distance while the others talk. She seems to have slipped back into that wordless state that she often falls into while on a mission. Even though she seems distracted she pays careful attention to the words of her teammates and continues to scan the horizon watching for trouble.
Lethe nods at Jax's words before turning to Haerdric "How about you? how did you end up here?"Haedric continues to stare out into the desert. You would almost think he didn't hear you until he started speaking. "Those Karnnathi bastards took the only thing I ever cared for away from me. As much as I wanted to, couldn't destroy it all by myself. So I joined this."
Synatria speaks before Lethe can ask her. "As for me, I joined because of a bad decision. But I'll see it through, for good or ill."
Garroth listens to the others for a bit, sharpening his kukri and oiling his crossbow. After a while, he decides to get some sleep before waking up later for his shift on the watch.
perception
Joy stares blankly into the distance while the others talk. She seems to have slipped back into that wordless state that she often falls into while on a mission. Even though she seems distracted she pays careful attention to the words of her teammates and continues to scan the horizon watching for trouble.
Lethe seeing Joyelle's strange blank look Leans over to synatria is sitting and whispers "Is she often like that?"
Joy stares blankly into the distance while the others talk. She seems to have slipped back into that wordless state that she often falls into while on a mission. Even though she seems distracted she pays careful attention to the words of her teammates and continues to scan the horizon watching for trouble.Lethe seeing Joyelle's strange blank look Leans over to synatria is sitting and whispers "Is she often like that?"
The druid shrugs. "Pretty much. At first glance, it seems like I'm the oddball here, but the truth is, they're all weird, too." She whispers back.
Jax sharpens his dagger absent-mindedly and produces a slight laugh at Synatria's words."Yes i suppose we all have our own prerogative don't we?"
Lethe nods at Synatria and Jax's words before absently standing up and heading over to Synatria's Civit "Does your four legged friend have a name?"
Lethe nods at Synatria and Jax's words before absently standing up and heading over to Synatria's Civit "Does your four legged friend have a name?"
The civet hisses. Synatria chuckles. "Careful, there. He's not too friendly with strangers. His name is Annin."
Lethe seems to hiss a little back at the civit before settling back down again "So do any of you have a plan on what your doing or are we just going to wing it?"
Lethe seems to hiss a little back at the civit before settling back down again "So do any of you have a plan on what your doing or are we just going to wing it?"
"Plan? You mean those things that we sometimes make so we can completely ignore them later?" Joy asks tonelessly.
"So that would be a no to a plan then?" Lethe responds
Sighing a bit and realizing he won't get much sleep with everyone else chatting, Garroth sits back up. "The plan was to meet up with you and your people, and help in any way we can to support the rebellion. Other than that, we are left to our own devices, which is frankly how we like it. Why don't you tell us a bit about your group: what you've done, what you've been planning, and how that little 'fracas' back there started?"
Lethe shrugs a little as she speaks "Well if there was a big plan they never mentioned it to me Like I said they only brought me along when they needed some thing's head bashed in. Most of the things I was involved in was stuff like ambushing patrols Smashing up important things and the occasional jailbreak." She pauses as if thinking really really hard on what to say next "As for that little fracas we got discovered and attacked whilst waiting for you"
Lethe, a few things I missed with the window madness
Well for one, given that there is one full moon and one half moon and the planetary ring lighting up the night sky ..it's a bit brighter then what we call full moon, maybe not a whole lot, given the varies size and obits of the 12 moons, but I say at lest a little brighter
As for the attack, your not sure, no one spotted them till they were almost upon you and ya made a run for it, but they rode ya down. Your not sure if they knew ya were resistance, or thought ya were bandits, smuggler or if they just thought it might be fun
The first watch passes with little trouble, it's not a dark night with one full and one half moon in the sky, you have a clear view of the seemly endless plains around you. Still the horses seem skittish at times and you notice small groups of creatures off in the distance. They do not seem to come close but did seem to circle the camp at a great distance. However by the time the 2nd watch is ready what ever it was seems to have moved on.
The night watch passes with little excitement. Some of your wounds seems to heal a bit, but you still are sore and feel rough as you start off with the morning sun. Dry trail rations and warm water is all you have to break your fast as you get moving. A few of you ride out and see the tracks of what ever was out there. A pack of something, five wide spread toes four legged, you also see a few tracks of something three toed and long. It takes little knowledge to see the area's great lizards seems to have taken an interest in you.
Haedric frowns at the tracks.
Haedric
The lizards are carvers at lest 4 to 6 of them
Haedric
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"Damn. Carvers. I say we get moving before they begin hunting us."
Jaxon shows no hesitation as Haedric confirms his suspicions."Indeed Korvin...Let's get moving."
Holding his crossbow, Garroth is ready. "Let's move, then."
Lethe from where she is standing further away from the group begins to grow impatient "Hey are you lot coming or are you going to spend all day sightseeing?" She shouts over
You start across the stark landscape lethe leading the way, the deeper south you go the more the vegetation gets spares and the air seems dry. Your dressed as the locals but still the dry air licks your face, you skin not used to this much sun reddens and lips stay dry. Five hours into the march Lethe notices he has lend the party off corse and corrects his mistake , but it costs them ground and time as the sun climbs high over head, soon he notices again the group has drifted south toward the inner deserts
When the sun sets you find a campsite, your guessing maybe ya covered 35 miles today, but the group is, sore, dried out and maybe a bit burned from the arid plains