Once the mallet strikes the gong, the rune carved boulder beside it begins to glow with a pale green light. The light grows to fill the entire paved patio and your surroundings become translucent. Colors are drained from every surface and shapes become a blur of lines. All at once you are aware of the faint sound of crickets chirping and though you aren’t able to see anything but a mass of translucent lines you notice a cool autumn breeze and the smell of burning grass. The sound of the crickets becomes subtly louder and what was once merely soft lines forming translucent shapes now appears as a small pine wood grove under a moonlight sky.

The grove sits atop a hill overlooking a familiar caravan route. From this vantage point the full moon illuminates the scene enough for you to make out a large mass of wolves creeping up on the unsuspecting caravan. While you marvel at the coordination they predators exhibit you feel for the caravan’s plight. You are to distant to even shout a warning as the mass of wolves descends upon the camp. In  awe you as the predators claim their prey.  Then above the fray a  figure silhouetted in the moonlight lurks on a hilltop across from you. As the carnage takes place below the figure arches its back and lets out a great howl that pierces the night. As if on cue the mass of wolves retreats from the camp dragging their victims into the dark and leaving the exhausted survivors to contemplate their luck.

The dark figure on the hill watches for a moment longer seemingly satisfied with the outcome then moves to the North West. 


If you want to pursue this hook  Zarb (and perhaps another) can write themselves into the caravan. Otherwise you can poke around here or head back to the city to pursue whatever threads you want. In which case Zarb should ride the caravan back to Brix.  For simplicity sake we will all level up together. Everyone should post your level 2 changes in your thread.

Heh someone wants to avoid town... So one vote, should I start prepwork? If all are in agreement then Zarb should write himself out of the pit an into the scene (either into the caravan or a witness to the carnage himself.)

Nadarresh moving with a slightly quicker stride, scans the area quickly & finds the best route through the forrest and towards the campfires and the scene of the attack.  "If we move quickly, we can get there before day break and the tracks will be fresh!  Perhaps we can directly aid the caravan and maybe we can find some items of use for sale.  Although I am quite comfortable in the forrest, I'd like to seek better provisions and supplies if they have them."  He ask Dayereth to use his magic to make his sword give off light, quickly draws a torch, lights it, hands it to Luke and starts moving off, knowing his companions will be close behind him.

"We'd be of no use to anyone if we have no provisions to sustain us.  Also, I can't see well enough to track at night.  A fresh start with the caravan will be the best we can do before taking off after a creature that seems humanoid but with a howl seems to command them." 

(Nature Check +8, trained to see if I know what that figure might be from the hill.  Also a Nature + Stealth check to keep as quiet as I can while rushing through the forrest.)

Theren reaches for his mothers necklace first, then checks for the rest of his gear.  The wolves had come out of nowhere, and he had fought them for as long as he could.  If he had only been able to convince the damned drunken guardmaster to post sentries, perhaps the few children would still be alive...his heart burned with rage that he was only able to suppress through the dirge he sang for the departed, blessing the lives he knew and lamenting their loss.

His shield was broken in the carnage, but the rest of his gear was salvageable.  He idly wondered if this was how his mother met her end, and when he saw the lone figure howl his interest was only further piqued...

Aerendis accepts the cloak from Nadarresh with a nod.  He flips it around his shoulders, and it fits perfectly.

"Thanks, I appreciate this.  I wasn't sure if I would need this cloak, but I have a feeling that we'll all need as much protection as we can get before this is through."