New adventure

"First, you must learn how to find peace. Bravery is not a concept I can teach. Bravery comes as a result of understanding yourself and the world around you. We will work on finding peace. Now, Droop, do you know where Cragmaw Castle is located?"

OOC To Thagakh: Johnson killed the goblin on 454

Halia aggrees to the amount.

Droop wants to join the group but is unsure about the location of Cragmaw Castle.  He knows it is in Neverwinter forest north of the main road.

After hearing the place where the castle is located, the half-orc shows a serious face while waiting at the wagon for departure.

"We will have to go through the forest. Thagakh's advice is to watch out for fey creatures. Thagakh had the worst experience meeting them."

Boghadair gladly takes one healing potion if the group is okay with that and is ready to move on with the next part of our adventure. Boghadair looks at Thagakh and says "Thaggy, I do believe it's your turn to tell me a story on this next wagon ride.  What happened when you met fey creatures?"

Arafiel buys a pouch   and 6 vials (which he puts in the pouch, along with the nightshade, mercury etc)

where are we heading

The half-orc pulls over his newly washed red robe over his head and hunches down. He also lights a torch and puts it below his face and began to tell his story.

"Once upon a time, Thagakh was hired to check a forest. Thagakh accepted it since Thagakh is good at survival skills. Little did Thagakh know he entered a magical forest, full of magical creatures.

Thagakh cannot rely on his survival skills since the forest is always changing and the creatures living inside are full of tricks and mischievous too."

The half-orc pauses and widens his eyes,

"Thagakh was lost for a day, but the weird thing is Thagakh never saw the sun move from the horizon. It stayed in a fixed place.

Thagakh tried to find food but most of them tried to eat Thagakh instead. Thagakh was exhausted until Thagakh collapsed from hunger.

When Thagakh came to consciousness, the forest disappeared. Thagakh spent his time learning more of this creatures. That is when Thagakh found they were fey."

The half-orc blows the fire off the torch.

"And that is Thagakh's story on how he entered a weird group of poison chugging people to enhance the body and senses to hunt weird magical creatures."

The half-orc contemplates for a few seconds.

"Now that I think about it, Thagakh should probably write this on a book and sell it."

sounds like you took a little journey to the Feywild my friend,   you are lucky you remembered anything

The half-orc tilts his head,

"Thagakh don't know what that place is called but Arafiel is an elf wizard. Thagakh knows elves lives for a long time inside forests and wizards are smart. Thagakh will believe what Arafiel says."

With one more days rest, all characters may add back 6 more hp.  Please subtract 2 days of rations.  It is now morning and time for the group to make its next move.

i can speak goblin and orc if we try to get information that way but i’m not a “people” person. you give me maps and texts and i’ll help decipher them. either way this is a riddle i would love to unravel so i will follow wherever our adventure takes us.

I say we go to the reidoth guy in thundertree. Sounds like we would just be wandering in the woods with out a guide.

Before we leave I want to buy a healers kit 5 gp, 10 days of rations 50 sp, 1 bar of soap 2 cp, and a whetstone 1 cp. 

We can get a wagon, draft horse, and feed for about 80 gp.  I say we get that and take it out of the gold from the gems.

I buy 6 days rations and contribute 20gp for the wagon stuff

Boghadair will chip in 20gp for the wagon as well and agrees that going to Thundertree first is a good idea. 

Akaas gladly chips in money toward the wagon. He will start with 20 gp since that is what others are offering.

johnson will chip in for the wagon because we seem to have a habit of taking everything that is not bolted down.

he will also purchase more rations in case we do wind up wandering in the woods.

"Wow, that is quite the story, Thaggy.  It sounds almost like somebody was just playing tricks on you to see how you would react." Boghadair says,  "Now this may end up being a story for another time as well, but who are these poison chugging people you mentioned?" 

"Thagakh met this weird people while learning fey. They handed Thagakh a potion that could help hunt magical creatures just like them, so Thagakh immediately drank it before they finished explaining. Turns out it was poisonous and deadly."

The half-orc holds tightly at his soap.

"Thagakh had the constipation for days. Weird people said it was needed to enhance the body so Thagakh just endured the rumbling of his bowels.

Thagakh will omit the details about what Thagakh unleashed to the world but somehow Thagakh survived and is now standing here."

The half-orc grasp the rein of the horses,

"Thagakh will just drive the wagon. Thagakh just need to know if all of us wants to go to Thundertree."

Arafiel watches Thag intently during his story,  but says nothing

Enough for the wagon and horse have been chipped in from players.  It is a 2 day trip to Thundertree.  Most of the trip is along the High road. There is an opportunity to make a stop in Neverwinter either on the way to Thundertree or on the way back to Phandalin.  The first day is mostly uneventful and camp can be established about 20 miles from Thundertree.  An order of night watches needs to be determined.  Several characters have sensed that they were being watched from the woods near the road.

Each character subtract one days worth of rations and add back 6 hp.