<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/6c/a0/86/6ca08685cea5395c50965a5f4e430643.jpg)</div>NOTE/WARNING, I'm quoting/updating the post. If you see something funky, ask because I might have missed deleting something.<br/>OOC Scene 7, Post 1<br/><br/>Note:<br/><br/>A culture note. There is no real distinction between 'Elf' and 'Half-Elf' in the' Elven Empire.' If you have Elven blood, you are considered an Elf. Frore and Darius are Elven despite his Dhampir nature.' The others in the party are 'retainers.'<br/><br/>Tree-Demon is a powerful nature spirit. Some NPCs will refer to him as a 'God'; others might call him an Avatar of a God. From being captured by the Elves, it's clear he has far from Guide-like powers. On the other hand - being able to grant Darius a Channel Divinity does argue.<br/><br/>NPC:<br/>Lieutenant Arilemna Glynjyre (female Elf)<br/><br/>Situation:<br/>Quest: Rescue the Earth Mother, Tree Demon's wife, from the Elven Invaders.<br/>Lieutenant Arilemna Glynjyre considers herself a prisoner of war. She is upset (-1) with the party.<br/>The twelve Orcs have a Favorable (+1) disposition to the party, because the Tree Demon vouches for them.<br/><br/>Lighting: Daylight<br/>Terrain:<br/>Water: River, Deep and moving about 10ft/round (Difficult Terrain)<br/>Party Boat: 5ft x 15ft<br/>Orcish War band: about 12 are visible.<br/><br/>Froroe: AC11 (+5 Shield), HP 16/20,<br/>Elli: AC 14, HP 24/24,<br/>Shade AC 16, HP 27/27,<br/>Kalinta: AC15, HP 39/44,<br/>Darius:  AC17/19, 25/25;<br/><br/><hr/>The Orc's had a mixed reaction to the party - a combination of gratitude - for rescuing the Horned God's Avatar - and suspicion of Elves and those who would consort with Elves. Still, none would go against the Horned-God's Wishes. The exception was one female orcish warrior. She seemed fascinated by Shade and his ah Horns. She had watched as Elli played with Shade and several times would reach out and attempt to stroke Shade's horns.<br/><br/>The tree-demon seemed to be recovering from his ordeal of being chained. He still talked telepathically but became a bit more verbose.<strong>"A magical cave? No soft soil? We'll have to see. My wife has the brains. Maybe she can think of something if we rescue her."</strong><br/><br/>The Tree-Demon explained to the Orcs,<strong>"These strangers are friends of mine - favored by the Earth Mother and the Horned God. They are here to rescue my wife from the invaders."</strong>The Tree Demon had the party members put his symbol on their armor. It was a brown line with two clumps at the base. The symbol represents the tree of life, but it did bear a disturbing resemblance to a penis with two balls.<br/><br/>The one person not happy with the situation was Arilemna. The Elven Lieutenant had taken off her armor and weapons and spent as much time close to Frore as she could.