Sairina's Tales - Borin's Folly

Surrounded by a small group of adventurers in the Stuck Pig, Sairina finally had her audience to tell the tale of her Borrin's Folly adventure. Sitting next to the roaring fire with a glass of honey wine in hand, she begins her epic story.

"The adventure started out easy enough. We just followed the road West towards Borrin's Folly, looking for any sign of the dwarf or his followers. The entire first day was quite boring and uneventful really... until night fell.

*Sairina pauses to make sure everyone is listening...*

**Seonbi** and I were on watch duty when I started to notice a strange webbing all over the ground. As I began to investigate, a giant trap door spider lurched out of the ground and grabbed the young **Artemis**, dragging him still half asleep from his tent into the darkness! Just as I was about to chase after him, another popped out of the ground quickly knocking the minotaur **Fergal** unconscious! Then another appeared next to **Seonbi**!

Thankfully the creepy gentleman **Druv** was able to see in the dark to chase down the spider who stole **Artemis**, and I took on the one who took down **Fergal**. Thankfully, the group of us were able to fend them off. But I highly suggest choosing your campsite wisely in the future. Be sure to check for spider webs on the ground because there must be more of them out there. We managed to smash some of the eggs... and well, **Druv** ate some of them.

*Sairina makes a face showing her clear distaste for the man*

If I remember correctly, the nest was about 48 miles west of here.

The next day we continued on, following the road until we met a swamp filled with giant turtles! According to **Seonbi** the swamp is very flammable, so be sure not to light any torches around there. You'll know it from the horrible smell around that place.

Thankfully that night we had a bit of rain, so we were able to fill our waterskins. But that evening, we had another encounter!

As I was on watch with **Artemis**, we had a small creature... a fey of some sort, run into camp screaming about bullywogs. Thankfully we were able to make short work of them. As long as you're prepared, they aren't too much of a threat. We shot them down at range, and they can't even see in the dark! I have no idea what they were doing hunting this little fey creature after nightfall, but they sure paid the price... and quickly.

Finally, the next day we made it to Borrin's Folly. The town is directly on the road, you can't miss it. But when we arrived we saw the entire place was a ruin. Everything was smashed or burned to the ground, with starving livestock still stuck in the pens.

**Jager** quickly crossed the rickety bridge to investigate and was immediately met with animated skeletons, some of which were on FIRE! The coward ran back across the bridge screaming, and **Fergal** and I went to take the offense.

We noticed pretty quickly that arrows were useless, but I was able to take down a few with my sword. I spent the majority of my time fighting off skeletons while blocking the entrance to the bridge so that none could come after our more delicate companions. While the regular skeletons were easy enough to handle, the fire skeletons are tricky! Not only do they throw fire, but when you kill them they EXPLODE with flame. Thankfully I was able to jump out of the way before my eyebrows were burned right off my face!

Just when we thought the mission was finished, we heard a cry in the distance... it was BORRIN. As we ran to investigate we saw him single-handedly fighting a fire elemental. The thing was MASSIVE and completely covered in burning flames. When I rushed in to help Borrin I was completely seared by the thing. Thankfully I was able to get in a few good shots with my bow and the massive creature fell. Honestly, I've been around for over a hundred years and I've never seen such a thing in my entire life!

After the battle was complete, Borrin explained that the moment they built the settlement they were relentlessly attacked by different factions fighting over the forge in the area: "fire wolves" and "fire newts". However, he also said the forge was very lucrative and in need of investigation. So... if anyone is interested in joining us, we'll be heading back out to investigate the forge in a few days' time. I'll be in here most days, so you can approach me and let me know if you're interested in joining.