((Leigh, can you remind us how many days it is before the night of the next full moon?  It's hard to judge the significance of the extra 2 days it would take to go via Peargrove without that piece of information.))

Luke: "I'm happy to go whatever way you all think best.  It might not be the easiest journey but we'll get there.  I think Heironeous is guiding our steps on this mission, no matter which route we take.

"But anyhow, if you want my opinion, we should take that abandoned bridge to the west.  We're already heading out in that direction to get to the Well of Souls.  And it's probably the fastest way to go."

Luke counts off the options on his fingers.  "Peargrove is the long way round.  Trying to go straight and hoping to find a way across the river might turn out to be an even longer way -- who knows how many days we'll have to spend looking for a bridge across a ravine or something.  So the bridge way is probably the fastest.

"And that means we can get to the Drakespire soonest.  Which seems like a good idea.  The sooner we're there, the more time we might have to scout out the area so we don't get taken by surprise.  We might even be able to lay an ambush for those Hextor-worshipping bastards.

"Sure, the bridge might be sketchy, but who knows what we'll find out there?  Maybe some bandits, but then you can find bandits in a lot of places round here lately.  And if there are bandits or monsters at the bridge, maybe we can defeat them and make it safer for people to travel that way.  At least if anybody wants to travel that way who isn't going to climb a mountain to have a meeting with some evil cult followers."

He shrugs.  "But whichever way we go is fine by me."

(((No other opinions? Bridge it is?))