Thir, using Kroshav's shoulder to get moving, turns to look at Jaq as he rushes in, drawing back initially before she recognizes him. Her face twists in what maybe should have been sad smile as she looks down at the snow, mostly unsullied with blood. She looks like she is going to extend an arm to Jaq but just doesn't manage to have the energy for it.

The talk of dragons washes over her as she follows the trail, before she stops when Kroshav asks about leaving the fallen. She stands still for a moment before turning clumsily and looking back at the strewn bodies on the snow. Kroshav feels her taking deep, shuddering breaths before she starts whispering in a language none present understand. She interrupts herself and says in common,

"Get thing. Get thing...stuff."

She'll reach up and touch a simple choker necklace she has and points to a worked leather band on her arm.

"Get stuff, bring to clan. Please."

((Presuming you get stuff?))

Thir nods solemnly before starting to hobble away, picking up speed as she moves, down a trail that is heading generally back towards Lurn's tomb. At the edge of the forest before the Cut washout begins and all cover disappears, she stops. Looking out and then up she turns to the party.

((Perception checks from everyone please))

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Kroshav will help her get stuff, also giving her another 5 HP via Lay on Hands and giving her a heads up that the goblins were talked into leaving the dragon's camp.

((Is anyone going with Thir? Should we send her back on Ealu?))

Kroshav Perception: 9
Ealu Perception: 15

Jaq helps Thir get anything she wants from her fallen clansmembers.   "I'm sorry this all happened.  I will get you to safety."

Perc: 6

Cladmir also helped gather stuff, he wished he had the noble paladin's gifts, but content himself of being a shield to allow the dragonborn carry out his work.

Perception: 3

Kroshav’s extra healing gives Thir a steadier step, a limp becoming less apparent and her crushed eye becoming instead a horribly swollen eye. It takes a moment for her to process the information about the goblins but she does nod.

When Jaq speaks to Thir her shoulders seem to slump even more, her speech is noticeably clearer if not more verbose as she visibly struggles to put together words,

“Not Jaq. Jaq, others, stop ogre. Save old, young. Dragon do.”

About a half hour after (and about a half hour until they reach the edge of the woods) the party leave the battle site, Jaq and Ernos both hear a distant roar behind them. Ealu conveys having heard it to Kroshav as well. Cladmir hears only the constant crunch of feet in icy snow.

((Using the same perception rolls))

Looking out over the washout, the quarter moon provides little extra light on a mostly cloudy night. Ernos and Jaq both, however, spot several odd-looking moguls in the snow. They could be boulders, but they look strange in that they are all so near the trail the party has been following. Ealu informs Kroshav that the snow looks weird.

Kroshav scoops up a handful to inspect for weirdnesses.

((Oh, Thir would have declined the ride as well with a shake of her head and a mutter of something gobliny.))

Ealu watches Kroshav pick up and inspect the snow, moving to inspect it herself.

<What you looking at?>

Also during the walk, in Kroshav's head,

<You said the snow was weird?>

Jaq nods solemnly, "Yes, it was the dragon who did this.   And we have to work on ending this."

Weird snow.  Jaq is not going up to it, and was going to warn the others not too, but when they still do, he just readies his bow and readies an action to fire at potential issues.

Ernos speaks softly while eyeing the mounds, "Ambush?  Or our guests on watch? ...  Should I throw a snowball?"

Eula keeps looking at the snow in Kroshav's hand and says,

<Oh, the other snow. Not this snow. Maybe?>

She shakes her head unhelpfully in the general direction of the moguls.

Thir's attention lands on the mounds and shrugs at Ernos question.

"Dunno. Maybe? Maybe white eaters. Maybe tribe. Maybe dragon. Maybe snow."

<Oh... okay.>

Responding somewhat to Ernie's suggestion, he packs the fistful of snow into a loose ball and lobs it at the warlock.

Cladmir really doesn't know what all this talk about snow is all about.  He does see Jaq looking ready with a bow though so he's going to ready his shield also.

(Question -- did Clad benefit from any of the healing that went around after the most recent fight?)

((That'd be up to Kroshav, he would have been in range and the bugbear were all dead.))

((Kroshav has a single 1st level slot and up to 20 HP left of Lay on Hands, depending on whether his attempts with the dead bugbears spent any or if he tried and it didn't 'connect'. He's at 3 HP himself, so would have given himself some boost of healing after getting Thir moving better than he is. How bad does Cladmir look? If Kroshav has his full 20 HP of Lay on Hands left, he'd likely put a good chunk of that on himself, but can spread it around to Clad if its clear he's rough too.))

((He looks like he's taken a couple trees trunks to the body, a definitely 'bloodied'. He does have his second wind available still, I believe.))

Kroshav will place a hand on his own chest and channel healing energies from his gods, before turning to Cladmir, with a hand extended.

"Cladmir, can I heal you a bit?"

((+10 HP to bring Kroshav to 12/44, has 10 HP remaining in his pool of LoH))

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