The group had been on the road for several weeks at the this point, the weather generally remaining comfortable, other than the rainstorm of a few days back that had resulted in a days worth of squelching through mud. Thankfully the trade road was well enough kept that the going hadn't been worse. The town of Teraebor lay another day or so's travel, but if the group didn't dawdle, they ought to be there before the gates closed for the night. The trip, so far at least, had been relatively uneventful, occasional travellers and one or two large merchant caravans with hard eyed guards there to break up the monotony of travel through the Drakgeld forest.<br/><br/>Time enough for easy conversation, and the occasional bout of fishing or hunting to add something fresh to the nightly stewpot, a welcome addition to trail rations. Conversation that turned back through the days and miles, to the home of the well to do dragonborn merchant Nalrendramid Tazjurn.<br/><br/>"Thank you for coming so promptly," he said, after laying a lavish meal on for everyone. He had been somewhat reticent about the reason for having called for you all, but with the servants now dismissed, and everyone ensconced in a comfortable library, he seemed prepared to talk further. "We have had a number of opportunities to work together in the past, and each of you have proven your skill, your reliability, and perhaps most important to me tonight, your discretion." He raised a glass perhaps a quarter filled with a warm amber liquid and sipped from it, gesturing everyone to make free of the drinks they had been served, the small trays of finger foods and the bowls of pipeleaf that were a speciality of his. "I must confess, it would be good to see you all at any time, but tonight, more so than ever. You see, I am in trouble."<br/><br/>He paused for a heartbeat or two before adding, "This is where you traditionally exclaim your heartfelt denials that one as talented, handsome and likeable as I could ever possibly be in trouble," he said, with a twinkle in his eyes . "I know, I can hardly believe it myself, but there you are. My hope is that I can call upon you all to assist me in getting out of the situation that I regrettably find myself in."