…continues from Book #01, Chapter #02, Scene #05

Synopsis

The 12th Day of Ches in the Year of the Sudden Journey
While Kireth studies, Celestia looks for enlightenment at the temple, and Zero entrenches himself in the inn, Khalin and Tradden have agreed to assist one of the villagers, the elf smith Caldring, in looking for iron ore in the swamps to the southeast bey ond the lake.

The group headed into the marshes where Caldring spotted an iron cartwheel. As she tried to pull it out she fell into the swamp with a splash, but resurfaced with skeletons not far behind!

The group managed to despatch the skeletons, but not without Caldring using her runic magic, causing a mist to descend on the group. When the mist finally cleared Caldring was nowhere to be seen. But then her shouts were heard some way off in the swamp and when Tradden and Khalin arrived, she was being attacked by ghoulish figures.

With great difficulty the ghouls were vanquished, but Caldring fared badly, being knocked unconscious. Tradden and Khalin now look for some nearby shelter to get the elf warm and let her recover.

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Scene Length

This scene starts on Friday 26 November 2010 and is expected to be completed by the end of Monday 29 November 2010.

Players are expected to be able to post at least once a day.

Caldring appeared to be faring a little better. Colour had returned to her pallid face and she appeared to be breathing a little easier. Tradden checked the improvised bandages he had applied and most of the bleeding had stopped.

The dwarf seemed cheerful enough, but Tradden could see the red marks left by the slime’s grip and could tell that he needed rest too.

Tradden stayed alert and watchful until well after the break of dawn. Every so often he would go out into the morning air and take a stretch to keep himself awake, ever watchful for any movement in the marsh.

The rain ceased shortly after dawn, but a fine mist still clouded the marsh, muffling any sounds other than the chirp and drone of insects.

After what seemed an age Khalin joined him outside, stretching and yawning, the weariness and pain from combat left him. As he and Tradden started to make plans for how best to transport Caldring back to Blackengorge they heard her stir in the barrow.

She was awake and sitting and the three of them made the decision to slowly walk back to the town now, rather than waiting.

The journey back was slow, but uneventful bar the young fighter’s gentle teasing of the dwarf, when Caldring was out of earshot, over his inability to stay awake and on him nearly being swallowed alive by a green bit of slime. Many was the time the laughing youngster had to flinch away from a waved warhammer. Eventually, the trio were back just before dusk.

After leaving Caldring at the temple to be looked after by the acolytes of Pelor, Tradden and Khalin headed back to The Bronze Lion to share their adventure with the group.