Episode 6: Life on the Road

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June 24, 2020

The group began sitting around a fire, the Dienaar Josephine having just gone to bed. The rest of the group enjoyed various activities before bed. Koko Dotharl, like most nights, performed her kata. Ridgely decided to start practicing his off-hand weapon skills he picked up from Captain Horkusporkus on a previous job. Muud began working on whittling a long smoking pipe from a nice maple stick he found. Rhistel went out to privately commune with nature, and Luberos enjoyed a nice bit of beer around the fire while playing his new (to him) lute.

The next morning, Josephine woke up and cooked her only bit of bacon for the trip. She will miss her luxuries. They made their way traveling, going for 3 days without much eventful occurring. During this time, Ridgley continued to practice his off-hand weapon skills, Muud kept whittling his pipe, Rhistel enjoyed the nature, and Koko did her best to break the hard outer shell of Josephine. On the fourth day, the group came across a vendor on the road who offered a variety of maps. The group was able to obtain a very detailed map of Djaria-shu, a 150 year old rare map of Frigate, and Muud got himself a treasure map.

After another day, they came to a fork in the road and took the path to the northwest, following the signs of the Gale. That day, they stopped at a small backwater town called Wigston to get some beer and bacon at the hooded boar. This proved a nice little break from the road. They continued for a few more days, and on the ninth day they found themselves blocked by a large forest spanning the width of the landmass in this northwest corner of Djaria-shu. The grass and trees near this forest seemed unaffected by the Gale. They continued on into the forest, where going was a bit slower. The wood was made up of large, old pine trees with grasses and shrubberies blanketing the forest floor. After a time, Luberos suddenly turned to leave the forest claiming to have left a brew going that he urgently needed to attend to. Despite attempts to convince him to stay, Luberos insisted he had to leave. Ridgely attempted to grab the reigns, but failed. He blocked Luberos' way, and while arguing the grass and vines around them began to grow very quickly, entangling the party. Rhistel and Muud were able to see a figure silhouetted in darkness, arms raised over their head...