DRAMATIS PERSONAE:
Skeef Hawkridge (Half Elf Druid 7 / Thief 7)
Goro (Half Orc Cleric 7 / Fighter 6)
Solcha (Elf Fighter 5 / Magic User 7)
Chanee (Human Paladin 5)
[Baqua Irontoes (Halfling Fighter 4 / Thief 5)]
Wealsun 14 (morning) to Wealsun 28 (morning)
The party rolls Asflag up in the carpet and head off to the College of Wizardry and Thaumaturgistry and a meeting with their employers, leaving Baqua invisible outside with a silenced pebble in case things got out of hand. The conference went off the rails quickly, Mirim accusing the party of not completing the terms of their contract; it seems she had been keeping a close magical eye on them and noted several potentially dangerous creatures the party did not dispose of. And then accusations started to fly about the 'side' deals; although Endoc seemed content. In the end, the party under duress opted to forgo their contract payment and get out of town since Miran and Tullintot seemed intent on getting the carpet and spellbooks and just making their lives difficult in general.
Quietly burying Asflag outside the city walla, the party uses their new flying transportation to head south towards Trigol, a trading hub on the border between the County and the Kingdom of Nyrond. There they settled in the train and rest, and Goro is able to make contact with the local temple of Heironeous and arrange for Skeef's leg to be un-withered. And then Skeef reminds everyone he needs to harvest some mistletoe, and told them of an old oak forest halfway back to Radigast City where he needs to be by Midsummers Eve. And so once more they head out on the carpet of flying and in a few days find themselves in village of Dunsianae just north of Buran Wood.
Settling in at "The Ancient Dog" to wait the few days until Midsummer, they soon note a pair of robed figures tucked in the shadows next to the hearth. They appear to be watching the party, so Chanee strides over and turns on his paladin charm. The two are convinced to join the party at their table, and immediately introduce themselves to Skeef as Ban and Malichi, initiates of Obad-hai. It seems they too have come to Buran Wood to harvest mistletoe. But have noted something troubling: the wood is moving! It is ambling north towards the village, slowly but surely, and will likely overrun Dunsinane within 3 days. The locals haven't noticed yet; they tend to shun Buran Wood and their fields don't extend that far south.
The party sets out that night to examine to edges of the wood, and confirm the story told by the two young druids. They mark the edge of the wood with a stake and then head back to the inn, intending to follow-up in the morning to see just how far the wood has moved.
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