Friday, May 8, 2015

Chapter 1 - Deeper into the Bush

On a calm, breezy evening in the town of Macridi, four Adventurers set out for a search and rescue mission.  A merchant, accompanied an elf ranger known as Embry,  burst into a Tavern known as The Green Pony.  Mr. Tellhook  was looking for a few stout warriors to hunt down his missing caravan.  The crowded bar was silent, except for a three people taking advantage of the situation for glory and money; A half-elf necromancer named Wyyntr,  Alistair, A gnome sorcerer, and a elven druid named Alandel Grantron . 

Meeting in the VIP room of the tavern, the adventurers are given the details.  A wagon, traveling from the capital city of Kerse that first set wheels to ground from Greengold,  was set to arrive two days ago.  A lost wagon on this route was nothing new, but this particular shipment was very rare and valuable.   A shipment sent from the Elves to arrive in Druma, it was last seen leaving Kerse . Alistair spoke up asking how much was this retrieval worth.  The merchant agreed that this was worth 1000 gold pieces to the party, providing the merchandise is retrieved. 

Exiting the Green Pony, the Adventurers decide that it is best to take their mounts for a walk.  Wyyntr mounted up on her horse, The Druid climbed upon his Mercedes, his Raptor,  and the Gnome, much to the amusement of the rest of the party, climbed upon his dog.   Looking in puzzlement at their newly found friend, Embry, wondering how he was going to keep up with the rest of the troop.  Looking upon the sky, Embry let out a lyrical whistle.   A caw was returned through the air, and a hippogriff soared towards the party and landed at the feet of the regal traveler.

Heading North from Macridi in the cover of night, the party came upon a destroyed wagon, two slain oxen, and the bodies of the two men driving the cart.  The cart itself was ravaged completely.   Embry was able to indentify this as the cart that was carrying the cargo that was set to arrive two days ago.  With no tracks noticeable as to where the attackers were or who did this, Wyyntr kneeled next to the dead ranger who was accompanying the cart on its way to Macridi.  Casting a spell, the Ranger groaned to life with his soul infused into his decaying body.   Asking 3 questions to the Ranger, Wyntrr was able to learn that the men were jumped from a barrage of arrows coming from the side of the road, but the attackers were never seen.  The Gnome inspected the bodies and the caravan, but were unable to find anything.  Everything was looted, and, while the wagon itself did not have any structural damage, the canopy was torn apart and all cargo was taken.  Embry leaned over the men, inspected the bodies, and determined that these was no normal attack, but the work of Kobolds.
Having his Dog and Mercedes sniff around the wagon, the animals were able to pick up the scent of the Kobolds, and knew where to track them.    Detaching the wagon, and pulling it to the side of the road and hiding it in the brush, the group set off being led by a Raptor and Dog.  

Not too far from the road, after traversing through some rough bush, a cave is discovered with a few Kobold tracks leading inside.  Leaving the hippogriff and horse, being lead by Embry, the adventurers decided to enter the cave and see where the cargo was taken.

The entrance of the cave was a large, simple cavern.  A fire burned in the center of the cave, while one lowly Kobold guarded a door on the left side of the cave.   Seeing an elf carrying a torch into his room, the Kobold advanced on Embry taking a swipe and doing a little damage.  Embry managed to get off an arrow from his bow, but missed.  However, Wyyntr was able to cast a few magic missiles, slaying the Kobold and knocking his corpse into the fire. 

Finding the door, Embry kicked the door apart, opening a path deeper into the cavern.  The party, walking deeper into the dark cavern, came upon a fork in the path.  With Alistair marking the way, the group went left.  Farther down the cavernous hallway, Embry nearly met his demise by falling into a pit.  However, detecting this before it was too late, Embry was able to flip backwards.   Seeing it was not that far across the pit, The Ranger was able to jump over the pit.  Wyyntr was able to leap across the trap, as was Alistair and his dog.  However, not riding his Raptor, Alandel slipped while trying to jump across and fell 20 feet into the pit, knocking himself unconscious.


Reaching into his knapsack, Embry pulled out a rope and scaled to the bottom of the pit to rescue the fallen comrade.  Picking the Druid up, and climbing back out of the hole, the troop decided this was enough for now, and they all needed to rest.  Walking back out of the cave, with Embry healing  Alandel and bringing him back to the waking world, the adventures decided to make camp at the entrance of the Cave, hoping they would be left alone for the rest of the night.

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