He's Off Again
At the end of the birthday feast, as folks grew sillier with the lateness and the wine, the unicorn stepped out of the hall. He scented the air, and listened to the chattering animals, and those inside heard the sober pronouncement: "Alas! While I was bound to the merrymaking here, the Leader of the Forest has been struck down. I must go." And the unicorn galloped away southeast.
Starq consulted Lord Talley on this matter, and he said, "I am a human, ordinary and nonmagical. But I find it wise to heed magical doings and fairies. If you four should again follow the unicorn, I will give you patronage."
That night, Erannar and Dreneil listened to the forest stirring.
The next day, Starq, Eltana, and the two elves procured a letter from Lord Talley to his son Ethan. They journeyed back to Culdin in order to buy supplies and discover information on the "Leader of the Forest." Erannar, in a moment of revelation in the wizards' museum of natural history, learned the most information: that the Leader was an oak tree. Meanwhile, Starq and Eltana managed to turn the wolf Blade a magical shade of green, and Dreneil went for a nice dinner and a little opera with Ethan.
Re-outfitted, the party went back to Lord Talley's country house to start following the cold trail of the unicorn; thankfully, the trail went straight and true south-east, with never a turn or a failing. On the first night, Erannar noticed a swarthy, scimitar-bearing gentleman walking through the woods near them. He hailed him, and the man asked what they were doing. When Starq told him they were following the unicorn trail, he promptly vanished. Dreneil saw and heard nothing during her watch, but that morning one of their packs had been moved outside the camp. They all crowded around the pack, and all except Dreneil were caught in a net and suspended from a tree. Dreneil was left to hold off an owlbear who was attracted by the commotion; Erannar cut himself out of the net and helped, and Starq stayed safely up in the tree to cast his spells. Eltana worked herself out in time to heal everyone a little.
Meanwhile, Farwind was attracted by a shiny object lodged atop a tree. Erannar climbed up to have a look, and found a silver figurine of a tiny figure riding an eagle. Farwind then clasped the figurine in his beak, and became a giant eagle, a mount beneath Erannar.
Experience:
Researching the Leader of the Forest: 100
Owlbear: 300
Starq consulted Lord Talley on this matter, and he said, "I am a human, ordinary and nonmagical. But I find it wise to heed magical doings and fairies. If you four should again follow the unicorn, I will give you patronage."
That night, Erannar and Dreneil listened to the forest stirring.
The next day, Starq, Eltana, and the two elves procured a letter from Lord Talley to his son Ethan. They journeyed back to Culdin in order to buy supplies and discover information on the "Leader of the Forest." Erannar, in a moment of revelation in the wizards' museum of natural history, learned the most information: that the Leader was an oak tree. Meanwhile, Starq and Eltana managed to turn the wolf Blade a magical shade of green, and Dreneil went for a nice dinner and a little opera with Ethan.
Re-outfitted, the party went back to Lord Talley's country house to start following the cold trail of the unicorn; thankfully, the trail went straight and true south-east, with never a turn or a failing. On the first night, Erannar noticed a swarthy, scimitar-bearing gentleman walking through the woods near them. He hailed him, and the man asked what they were doing. When Starq told him they were following the unicorn trail, he promptly vanished. Dreneil saw and heard nothing during her watch, but that morning one of their packs had been moved outside the camp. They all crowded around the pack, and all except Dreneil were caught in a net and suspended from a tree. Dreneil was left to hold off an owlbear who was attracted by the commotion; Erannar cut himself out of the net and helped, and Starq stayed safely up in the tree to cast his spells. Eltana worked herself out in time to heal everyone a little.
Meanwhile, Farwind was attracted by a shiny object lodged atop a tree. Erannar climbed up to have a look, and found a silver figurine of a tiny figure riding an eagle. Farwind then clasped the figurine in his beak, and became a giant eagle, a mount beneath Erannar.
Experience:
Researching the Leader of the Forest: 100
Owlbear: 300
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