Travel

The Fateful 8 spoke with Lei Jilliams before leaving Port Solaris. He promised the group access to his vaults in Silverglen as repayment for resurrecting his daughter. The Fateful 8 also wanted to negotiate for a cut of the profits of the trade route they helped establish. During this discussion, Lei noted that the Jilliams were having an issue with the Dwarves in the City of Dundorth. Silverglen and Dundorth peacefully did business for years - with Dundorth allowing Silverglen to mine in their territory, while Dundorth turned the mined silver into wonderfully crafted goods. However, Dundorth was beginning to turn isolationist and the Jilliams were worried that this will upset the balance they had struck. Lei agreed to pay the Fateful 8 150,000 gold in exchange for discreetly investigating the issue in Dundorth. With that, the Fateful 8 went shopping to buy some cold weather gear and prepare to head north.

Before leaving, Dig, now going by Donut, went to find out about his parents. He returned to the house he remembered living in, and found a slovenly Bugbear living there. Donut conversed with the bugbear and learned that his parents had moved to Tifton and Lofton.

Mr. Fahrenheit visited his sister and discussed the events of the previous few weeks and left after agreeing to do a better job at staying in touch. He also visited Jamie at the Windy Hole and made an investment in the business to help keep it running.

The group set out the next morning for Silverglen. The trip was to take 17-21 days. After a few days of travel, they noticed a small girl running into the grass next to the road. Then they saw a wolf go in after her. They stopped and investigated while Beldor, Bodo and Mr. Fahrenheit stayed by the cart. The three were then ambushed by several werewolves, but made quick work of them. Though not before Mr. Fahrenheit was bitten by one. They safely rescued the little girl and she began traveling with them. A day later, they made camp to wait out a storm and shared the fire with a bounty hunter, named Gerald, who was hunting werewolves. The Fateful 8 told him of the fight they had the day before and he left to go investigate. Later that night, Mr. Fahrenheit noticed something moving in the grass around their camp. Bodo and Mr. Fahrenheit kept an eye on it, but nothing emerged.

Days 5-7 of the trip were fairly uneventful. Off in the distance, they saw an object plummet from the sky to the ground, but chose not to check it out. Towards the end of the eigth day of travel they came to a crossroads and chose to stay the night at the tavern. They learned that there were bounties out on a Werewolf Clan and a flock of Giant Birds that were snatching travelers off the road and dropping them to their deaths. Bodo contacted Scario and sent the child back to his care in Port Solaris. Bodo charmed the innkeep, Breglor, as they bonded over their love for crafting items.

Day 9 was a dreary day and the air began to get chilly. The Fateful 8 saw a pair of travelers coming towards them piloting a self propelled wagon. After a lengthy conversation and negotiation, the Fateful 8 traded for the cart. The rest of the day, along with days 10 and 11 were rather uneventful, though they did rescue a prostitute, who had been chased out of a village, from being stoned.

On day 12 the party's progress was halted by a number of downed trees. They spent all day building a dirt bridge over the trees. As they were resting at night, they were suddenly attacked by 3 large dire trolls. The fight was short and viscous. The trolls set upon the Fateful 8 so fast that Mr. Fahrenheit was unable to rage before he was struck down dead. Bodo and Beldor were each knocked unconscious multiple times as well. Eventually the remaining members of the Fateful 8 were able to slay the beasts and awaken Beldor so he could revive Mr. Fahrenheit.

Hours after the fight, the Fateful 8 once again found themselves beset by enormous beasts trying to kill them. Whilst traveling along the road to Silverglen, the party noticed a nest in a large tree. The nest had several eggs in it, and one had fallen to the ground. Buck spotted some birds hunting off in the distance while Rigline investigated the eggs. He surmised that they eggs belonged to the hunting birds, but Rigline nearly went feral when it was suggested the eggs be left where they lay. The Fateful 8 gathered the eggs and continued on their way. As they continued their trip, they noticed the birds getting closer. The Fateful 8 decided to lay a bit of a trap for the birds, and, after arranging the eggs at the bottom of a pit, the birds attacked. 3 birds, gargantuan in size, attacked the group. Bodo, Buck, and Beldor were all carried off by the birds and dropped to the ground at points, but the party was able to subdue the birds. The eggs were cooked into an omelete that was shared by all as they approached the gates of Silverglen.