Thir gives his input to the conversation: "Hildebrand may be a large city and all, but Krys is where the true knowledge will lie.  Many generations of humans will have passed since the fall of the Kingdom into the marsh.  Few generations of elves will have passed, and I know how they value their history."

"And as much as I disagree with most things that pass a rogue's mouth, I think that we should be as discrete as possible in our departure.  I would not be surprised if a guard detail had been arranged to keep an eye on our famous friend 'Brent' here to make sure he lived up to his arrangement".

((Well I have no issues with advancing the storyline a fortnight until after "guard duty"  and putting off the skill challenge until you reach Krys. The question would then be "North through the Long forest and along the caravan route or North west across the the Sea of Grass?

Somethings to consider:
hewhorocks wrote on Feb 24^th, 2010 at 5:55pm:


So theres that.

"As for the law and serving out our punishment.  The magistrate and his ilk have no respect for true justice nor do they have much honor.  I am completing the terms of "service" by ending this Draocolich by way of a weapon and my new companions.  If the magistrate has no sense to see good being done then he and any who try may challenge my honor at their peril."  Brenna's hand instinctively tightens around the handle of the Mordenkrad and a soft glow emanates from her armor or rather from beneath it.  Her eyes while not aglow are slightly wide and her body is quite tense, despite her sitting on the floor.

Quickly realizing the others again, the glow fades away and apeaking a bit more calmly, further states, "You are correct Ladron that the Magistrate may indeed seek us out in the manner you spoke of, without asking for an explanation.  To cause that one or this city grief by procuring some horses...by any means or to walk out blatantly ignoring our current task, no matter how wrong it was given to us..." she pauses, her face getting redder as she speaks about their sentencing.  "If asked, I will tell them we are working north? of town is it, to deal with a creature that is causing some people problems.  They know of the spiders we defeated, they need not know that the creature is the Dracolich nor that we will not be working in town these next few days.  It is afterall the magistrate who bade us to protect the citizens.  We are doing that in an indirect manner."

Looking at Ladron, she finishes by saying, "Now that is how to speak the truth.  No honor is lost, our oaths will be fulfilled to this city and we may find a powerful weapon to fight with...well Luke will but, well, you understand my meaning.  We should get some rest and talk again once we get on the road."

"That is true, I could be watched by any number of people. Be it by the city gaurd, the men of Grable or my own father's men. Considering that it may be harder to simply walk out."

Joseph thinks for a moment, "In regards to which path we should take, I say the fastest. The caravan route may have dragons but, although they would be no draco-lich, they will give us good experience in fighting the flying beasts."

"So many points of view.  I have learned that the best strategy is the one that will do as many things as possible while still having options within those choices.  So it seems by what has been said, we stay a few more days until our sentence is completed.  I have a few rituals and items that I require before we move forth, while also learning about which caravans and groups are heading in that direction of Krys.  Our duties finished, we can leave without having any issues here and can take our time as we take the road to Krys. 

Also, we might find that guard duty and possibly a foe that would prove useful.  A dragon is nothing to be taken lightly (afterall it's in the name of the game...had to do an Order of the Stick aside...) but I think that we can take on an adult...." she says smiling.