[[Okay, I'm going to to go ahead and wing it. This is my first play by post, so please let me know if there's any typical protocol I should be following. I'm not sure if we're supposed to establish a posting order or just chime in when we'd like, but her we go. My rolls are here:m<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/m-4ofSwords">http://orokos.com/roll/m-4ofSwords</a>mI just rolled a straight d20, but on more thought I probably should have added the skill bonus in so you can see the final result, right?]]<br/><br/>Albali turned her starlit eyes on her 'companions'. It was a fitting enough title - they had all come together from the inn at least, and had a common goal ...apparently - but it was an odd experience for Albali to think of herself as part of a group, be it companions or Kajaanians. But she made a pleasant smile appear on her face and inclined her head when anyone met her eye and hushed the raven sitting on her shoulder when he made a crude joke regarding the guard outside. She listened, though she was already vaguely aware of the problems - and her thoughts on how they were best solved - and waited for Lyla to ask questions before taking a step forward and reaching beneath her black robe. From the satchel she kept beneath, she withdrew a folded piece of leather, as old as many of the people in the room and reinforced by ribbon at the folds, and opened it on the table in the center of the room. The markings on it were faint now, but still discernible to those who approached. "Here is a map of the area surrounding Kajaani. The logging road she mentioned is here." She traced a squiggle away from the center of the map, then spread long fingers over the area. "Woods.  There is a stream that winds through this area, and deerpaths leading this way toward where the temple would be most likely. Easy for one to follow, easy for me, but not perhaps for us all. But we should not do this by halves. Save the children, but the cult -must- be destroyed."