Ereworn Under The Shadow

9

Caelan looks back and forth between the companions then nods and heads down the lefthand path which seems to tend north-west.

After almost an hour you come parallel to a low, partially ruined wall that runs along the overgrown but relatively wide pathway that you are following. After a few minutes you find a weed-covered outline where once a gate may have lain and an opening in the wall where it once stood.

You can just make out the ruins of a building at the end of a pathway flanked by withered trees.

(During the discussion about Clotha):

 "I... I think we should use s-some of the treasure we found in Ned's c-cavern to cover Clotha's bride price," Barn mutters, realizing that he does not remember what and how much treasure there was besides the crystal, which should be kept.  "I r-respected these men once, as I respected the Duke.  B-but it seems like the m-more I learn, the less I r-respect them.  Drunk Eldron and h-his handlers.  Gond who s-sold his daughter to him.  Let Gond k-keep the bride price he received.  And let Eldron b-be 'made whole' by our gold.  And if that is not good enough, then we take a stand."

He pauses.  "And Clotha, you can stay with us if y-you like, though I... I d-don't think you'll like it much.  And we might all d-die."

(Back to current):

"W-we've seen huts, but a g-gated manor in the Wood?  Like wh-where a nobleman m-might live?  M-maybe we should ignore it and r-return to town."

Still, the big man dutifully examines the gate and the surrounding ground outside for any evidence of recent activity or passage such as boot prints.

Barn's Survival:  17

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(During the discussion about Clotha):

 "I... I think we should use s-some of the treasure we found in Ned's c-cavern to cover Clotha's bride price," Barn mutters, realizing that he does not remember what and how much treasure there was besides the crystal, which should be kept.  "I r-respected these men once, as I respected the Duke.  B-but it seems like the m-more I learn, the less I r-respect them.  Drunk Eldron and h-his handlers.  Gond who s-sold his daughter to him.  Let Gond k-keep the bride price he received.  And let Eldron b-be 'made whole' by our gold.  And if that is not good enough, then we take a stand."

He pauses.  "And Clotha, you can stay with us if y-you like, though I... I d-don't think you'll like it much.  And we might all d-die."

(Back to current):

"W-we've seen huts, but a g-gated manor in the Wood?  Like wh-where a nobleman m-might live?  M-maybe we should ignore it and r-return to town."

Still, the big man dutifully examines the gate and the surrounding ground outside for any evidence of recent activity or passage such as boot prints.

Barn's Survival:  17

Barns practiced eye regards the area, no one but wildlife has passed this way for possibly years, as he regards the wall and the scant outline where there was once a gate.....possibly hundreds of years judging by the weathering on the stone and mortar...he does not recognise the style...

Jack thinks, Wow who could imagine a house so big? How much stuff could you possibly have that you have a house so huge?

Did I say that out loud?

Smiling Jack rolls survival 11.  All hail bard and his 17

OOC (couldn't insert in front of smiling)