Dawn found them still on the river, keeping to the middle of the channel, a difficult bow-shot from either bank.  The drums in the night had alerted Vorman that Dark tribes were in the area; it if was trolls or ogres, it wouldn't likely be too bad, unless the ogres started throwing rocks.  But if it was orks or goblins, a lot of them used bows and poisoned arrows.  So he stayed uncharacteristically watchful.<br/><br/>The mountains continued to be gorgeous, of course...<br/><br/><script class="js-extraPhrases" type="application/json">
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</div><br/><br/>... and the "indicator" of the amulet was gradually moving to the side, but slowly; they still had a distance to go.  The raft was moving quickly, though; Vorman kept the propeller in the water, and they kicked up a little bit of a wake as they pushed downstream.  It required more attention to the tiller, but it got them there faster.