It is the 36th day of the Quinth.
We are in Nibenay
- We discuss our options to get ourselves to Tyr quickly
- We visit Tallum of Wavir at their compound, but all the traders are out enjoying the festivities
- We make an educated guess as to which tavern a wealthy trader might frequent, and get a table with a little snobbery thrown at us
- Out stinging retorts almost cause trouble until the templar Lohit approaches us to petition us for a job t
- Lohit takes us to the Nebraskanomicon to get details of the deal
- The templar Asparra wants us to deliver a package to Tyr, in 5 days, for a great deal of silver – it’s a 260 mile journey through rough, dangerous terrain
- We take the job and a quarter up front, then get provisions and kanks from the stables
- Asparra gives us a finely-crafted backpack that’s lightweight and seems to be stuffed with fabric which we are to give to Bedir, and elfish-looking human at the Elven Bridge in Tyr
- We are told that if we are more than 3 days overdue, don’t bother showing up
- In an effort to make good time, we head out immediately into the night
It is the 37th day of the Quinth
- Niak agrees to lead us through the forest to save us time
- Niak leaves us at the edge of the forest, where Garnath finds a splendid camping spot with a spring
- Andor, Garnath and Jotano practice group battle formations, Ni’Ru reluctantly watches and * * Arom practices hiding in the dark with his eyes closed
- We rest and then set out and hour before dusk, and before long we are within sight of a path leading up to a small fort guarding Bremmel Pass
- We ascend and quickly pass through the fort, noting that it is poorly-defended and contains only a single, disgruntled templar
- We descend the other side of the pass and enter into the Black Sands
It is the 38th day of the Quinth
- The kanks make excellent time on the rough terrain at the outskirts, and make it to the heart of the Black Sands before we must make camp
- Garnath finds a depression in the sand in which we can take shelter for the day
- We push on again in the early evening after the day cools, which takes longer here
It is the 39th day of the Quinth
- We lose a kank to exhaustion but we push hard and make it to Silver Spring
- Tormund and Arom parlay, and after some good-natured but sharp verbal jabs, a deal is struck for fresh kanks
- We leave Silver Spring – not in flames this time
- We ride hard, then rest for a while before continuing
- We come upon a giant cleft, The Canyon of Guthay, with a stone bridge that spans it
In front of the bridge, two enormous creatures are locked in mortal combat - One creature is a snakelike creature with a dozen legs, and it is coiled around a giant spider-like humanoid
- The spider creature calls a pack of giant spiders to aid it, and there are webs shooting every which way
- We decide to engage the creatures to get across the bridge, thinking we could help speed up the battle. And we do, despite Jotano’s bad feeling about it.
- Ni’Ru casts his first fireball and obliterates a couple of the spiders and seriously injures the giant combatants
- Andor casts his first Lightning bolt and finishes off the spider-humanoid, but the other creature seems to absorb the energy, heal, and direct the bolt back at the group. It hits with terrible accuracy and drops both Jotano and Andor in a single hit
- Garnath charges the creature while Arom and Ni’Ru attend to the dying
- The creature streaks forward and drops Garnath with ease, but fails to swallow him whole and spits him out
- Ni’Ru and Arom look each other in the eyes, and together they run for their lives across the bridge.
- The creature lifts Jotano into the air and swallows him whole
- The creature then chases the kanks and Ni’Ru and Arom dart back to recover Andor and Garnath, the latter of which is barely awake
- The battered survivors carry on, limping and sullen
- Ni’Ru offers to run ahead with the package, but Arom convinces him that sticking together is the smart plan now
It is the 40th day of the Quinth
- We make it to Fort Sconse