Vanys accepts the blessing gratefully, and although he doesn't fully realize its implications like Miri, he feels stronger for it. As Miri and Red wrap up their conversation with the priestess and Danai, he heads back towards Mia to let her know that they are ready to keep moving and check out the pass.

(OOC: Not sure around what time he'll arrive there chronologically, but DM can adjudicate.)

"Thank you kindly.  I must ask prior to we head off.  Did Ionna state prayers or simply danced in the ice?  My money was on the fake duke so I want to be sure of the reasons for the expulsion.  Far too much of this set up feels like the caravan is a sacrifice-Feels like the entire caravan was made complicite to the expulsion.  There was a great deal of actions that don't make sense to me"  Shuffing his gear in preperation , "But for now. I want to verify so we can take stock of possible complication at the pass.  Before we head out."

Once he recieves some information Red will be ready to head out with the others once we link up

Danai nods at Mihris, "I'll allow the priestess nothing except rest. Worry not!" to which Mithann responds with a polite smile before turning back to your group, "I wish I could push Ignazio to see reason... if only we had some proof. The rest of the caravan knows little of what we do, and mostly have their minds elsewhere it seems." she sighs "I wasn't close enough that night to hear anything, but I'm sure it was her. I checked her wagon when I hurried back to the caravan, it was the only time in the whole journey that I've seen that boyfriend of hers alone." 

Mia regains her breath and thought. She puts one hand on her chest and infuses the power of nature inside her. There is no time for deception or tricks. "Emial isn't the real warduke!"…So she just tells Ionna the truth. "He killed the real warduke and impersonated him! The imposter is planning something big and evil which might involve the caravan, Bryn Shander and even more! And he was watching you after the priestess accused you. As if you're more important than the trial itself. Ionna, please! You may be the only hope we have to stop the evil plan of fake warduke.Do you have any idea Emial is so worrying about you? Is it related to the island you came from?"

Guidance:1

Insight:24

Just as Vanys arrives at the back end of the caravan Iona furrows her brow and narrows her eyes at Mialee, "And what do I care abo' some Warduke? I just wanna visit me nana, girl. People may believe whatever they wanna believe about me past." she scoffs and looks over to the side "Curse that pompous fella and curse this caravan, I'm getting to Ten-Towns all the same." then she irritatedly closes the wagon flap and Gerard is left outside to only shrug, smile awkwardly at Mialee and Vanys, "Don't mind her, she's usually like that when people bring that up." then sit back on the driver's seat, proceeding to urge the horses up the trail. The wagon behind leaves a wide distance between them and Gerard's, but starts to follow. Edgar is no longer visible through the fog, only his footsteps back up the Ten Trail are being covered by slowly falling snow.

((Through Mialee's superior Insight, you clearly deduce her slight insult to Emial seems sincere enough, to the point that you believe she's familiar with the false Warduke. You're certain Ionna already knew he wasn't a real agent of the Lord's Alliance, and the revelation of him killing the real one seemed new for her, but didn't surprise her at all.))

Mia is completely frozen by what she has seen. The little elf loves people and her friends. She wants to protect them. She wants to protect them all. But in the end, Mia is a servant of nature. And the great mother sometimes presses her children to make tough decisions. "Thanks for…talking with me.Gerard…" For a moment,Mia is at a loss for what to say. "Be careful"

The druid girl turns her heel and heads to the caravan. She walks slowly and gives an order to Mike the mouse. (Stay with the couple. When they come near to us,warn me.) She leaves the mouse on the snow ground and runs to her friends.

Animal Handling:21

((Animal Handling check looks good. Since you speak Druidic and the rat is charmed I'll say it has a general idea of what you want despite not being a fully trained animal, but roll Mike's Stealth for me (+0, but at Advantage)))

(OOC: Mike the Mouse stealth mission!)

Stealth: 13 

Mialee and Vanys watch as the rat scurries off through the snow towards the moving wagon, nimbly jumping over one of the wooden wheels and using it as a sort of elevator towards the inner area, giving one last look back to Mialee before jumping inside. Redd's wagon passes by moments later, their worried faces briefly give way to smiles as they greet you warmly on their way, politely nodding and waving.

((Okay, confirm if we're ready to head off towards the pass. There's no problem finding it, since you can just follow the Ten Trail easily enough, though in order to get there before the caravan you'll need to maintain a faster pace. If that is your plan, please everyone make a Constitution saving throw to handle the run. Also describe the manner of your approach.))

Mihris Con save: 17

Being on a hurry, Mihris would not even try to hide, not that she really can do it anyway. If others want to be stealthy, she can play decoy attracting attention of whatever is in the pass.

Mia CON Save: 9

Guidance:1

As soon as she reunited with her friends,Mia told them that Ionna knew the warduke wasn't a real agent of the Lord's Alliance. She didn't noticed the murder of real warduke but showed no surprise either. "Even if they are working together… they wouldn't be a close friend like we are."

The wind and snow are not kind to the little elf. The snow piles up to her waist level. But Mia makes her best effort. She uses her magic to follow the others, always keeping an eye out for their surroundings. 

Red simply shrugs, its all out of hand so there is nothing to do, but to try.   Settling in to run with the others, as best as they can in the snow.  Red leads up the back, or the front.  

(whichever end his roll makes sense with; or whichever other follks don't prefer to be. )
Con: 19

Con Save: 12

Vanys will just keep jogging with the others. He could be quiet if the others wanted, but he was getting the distinct impression that time was of the essence, and trying to explore quietly might come at the cost of being able to explore the whole pass.

(OOC: Vanys will probably want to run near the middle or back, probably just in front of Mia and behind Red and Mihris...)

Your journey was largely uneventful, but falling behind at times and having some trouble keeping up with the others, Mialee is clearly the most tired among the four and having trouble catching her breath. ((Mialee takes 1 level of Exhaustion 😬))

After an hour-and-a-half of running through the Ten Trail's ups and downs, you are able to see from afar against the sunlight the shape of two hills ahead and a narrow pass between them. The sun never fully rises above the horizon, though at this time you're almost able to see the whole sphere, now should be highsun. The southern hill is a lot higher, more rocky, and joined to it are the rising slopes of one last arm of the Spine of the World Mountains before the plains beyond, while the northern hill is smaller and smoother but still adjoined to other hills that make the pass between them the best passage around both wagons and walking travelers. 

"The view would be heavenly…if I'm not feeling like a pickles decades old" Mia laughs weakly. She leans against a rock, panting heavily. Her lips are purple and her face almost as white as paper. "…But unfortunately there is no time to enjoy the view. We must find the trap before the caravan arrive." Staggering to her feet, Mia draws energy from the lives which are sleeping under the heavy snow. She walks to the passway and surveys it's surrounding. The trap should be on one of the hill, or both of them.She thinks. 

Guidance:1

Perception(disadvantage):13

Patting Mia on the back briefly, "We'll have to warm you up if we find a moment, but for now work."    Looking at the hills, as well as the passage, Red reasons the most obvious option for issues,  "Well, those hills would make for a good killbox, or avalanche.  Assuming something happens from outside the caravan.  I can't see much from here, but that seems like the best place to start looking for trouble. We'll have to decide how to approach, one at a time  together or separate-Time crunch." 

Perception to try and scan the hills 12

(Won't help much but if we find a moment where it wouldnt' stand out. Red can makea Bonfire to warm up a little. )

"I'm so sorry!" Mihris almost felt ashamed for her own sturdiness and cold adaptation. "I feel so useless: my prayers can heal the wounds and yet can not shield one from cold." She looked at Mia apologetically, sighed and turned to the hills. "What are we planning to achieve here?"

Perception: 18.

You move ahead some hundred feet towards the pass itself, the loud wind in the pass makes it difficult to communicate, but you can manage. You scan the surrounding area, Mihris a bit too distracted by the view of her exhausted friend, but Mialee herself and Red are able to take a measure of the surroundings. The smaller hill to the north looks smooth, almost like a perfect mound of settled snow, barely any alteration in its form. The southern hill is much more irregular, higher and rockier, and you watch as various black-furred mountain goats jump from one dark rock outcropping to the other, sometimes disappearing from view completely behind cover of one of the rocks only to jump out from the other side some time later.

"Thank you Miri. I'm fine.You did your best! It's only two more hours or so. Then I can sleep all day long!… Now let's move, I need your Detect Magic spell when we arrive at the hill of south" Mia hugs her friend and soothes her with comforting words. Then she pulls herself away from Mihris. The little elf moves toward the southern hill. "It seems we have to separate the party,Red." Mia sighs." We really don't have time now. I'll go to the south to… make some new friends."

(OOC: When Mia reaches the southern hill, she will cast Speak with Animals as ritual magic and uses her ration to lure the mountain goats to talk with her. DM.Please tell me if this act gives her an advantage on Animal Handling skill?)

Mialee makes some way up the southern hill, seeking the less steep paths along the rocks, and some time later as you reach about a third of the height and prepare to cast your spell, you suddenly hear "Baaaack!" you're confused and look to the sides to find the source of the voice carried by the wind when you hear again, "Go baaaack!" clearly coming from a horned black mountain goat, his fur swaying in the wind as he perches on a rocky outcropping, staring at you with eerie yellow eyes.

((As for your question, Speak with Animals generally only gives advantage on Charisma-based checks, but I'd hand Advantage on Animal Handling whether it was Charisma-based or not.))