<strong>DM<br/>Tag: Everyone</strong><br/><br/>Be it looking for valuables or trying to interrogate the orc, you spent about an hour recovering what scratches you earned in the day thanks to a bit of rest and the berries. There is only one orc to interrogate, Temerity burned the other survivor.<br/><br/>The 'Treasure' you find is unimpressive. Rusted, crude blades (usable as shortswords or longswords for halflings, -1 to hit unless you have strength 13 or above), Animal pelts, stinking of orc and thus not worth much, a bit of meat, with an origin you'd rather not identify.<br/><br/>Questioning the orc was.. uninspiering. Even if he had been among the smarter orcs (which he was not), it didn't seem that his tribe had much of a strategy beyond scavenging what they could.<br/>It seemed a little odd they'd travel so close to civilized lands, and when this topic was addressed, the orc smirked, explaining broken common:<br/>"Bwahaha.. dumb human sluts. Don't feel it in your body, don't smell it in the wind. Our LORD Commands us to hunt.. and we hunt!" He smirked.<br/><br/>(https://78.media.tumblr.com/fff666b036ee03ffb9fdc636949fdbd5/tumblr_myttgyQhzY1sou3t6o1_500.jpg)<br/><strong>Alrun<br/>Cliffside<br/>Tag: Temerity, Ye'me, Evri, Kirss, Meo, Arrian</strong><br/><br/>"Hmnn.. if you think it wise, I am certainly eager to continue quickly. Rest a little now, one way or the other, we'll be more visible once the night begins.<br/>But.. haste is not a mistake..." He nodded.<br/><br/>"I spoke with Ilya, she feels somewhat responsible for this orc, crude as he might be, she'll lead him off.. and, while doing that, lure any further orcs away on another trail. This fight went well. but now, let us continue.. these wildlands are more dangerous than I remember them... You'll have to finish your card-game later." He narrowed his eyes, nodded, then got back up, leading the group ahead....<br/><br/><strong>DM<br/>Deeper Wildlands<br/>Tag: All</strong><br/><br/>You continue traveling on, wishing to put a good distance between you and the potentially pursuing orcs. Your travel is, more or less uneventful for the longest of time, but, some of you occasionally glance over your shoulders, realizing the danger you have found yourself in.<br/>As the light of the day begins to fade, Alrun lifts his compass, seeming quite a lot more determined, rushing on and encouraging you all to march faster as well, several of the compass many .. pointy things, all pointing at one spot, not too far ahead.:<br/>(https://media.giphy.com/media/3oxHQwdn31M3ddjV3a/giphy.gif)<br/><br/>The Cave entrance seemed dark, but unimpressive, certainly not like a cave of legends, sleeping under a slightly damp forest.<br/>However, the not a wizard moved on, determined, entering it, the tip of his staff lighting up, displaying the interior.. equally unimpressive a natural cave, well, at least at first.<br/><br/>After about a minutes walk into the cave, at one point going so low as to having to bow lower to go further for any normal-sized adventurer, the cave suddenly opens up into a larger, naturally grown hollow with large stalagtites hanging from the ceiling and growing on the floor.<br/>(https://caves.ambient-mixer.com/images_template/2/f/7/2f7a928d42ee04983e9e33d745502f79_full.jpg)<br/><br/>And, not too far into that opening and above a humanoid skeleton, stand two dark armors.<br/><br/>(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/12/1a/a3/121aa3e5ac29837dd46074bba9d2f49d.jpg)(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/12/1a/a3/121aa3e5ac29837dd46074bba9d2f49d.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>"Halt. The place beyond is forbidden to any who would visit."</strong>An armor delcares, it's voice hollow and only somewhat human, an undead spectre or animated construct speaking? They seemed untouched enough by age and rust to be magical, one way or the other, but a close examination showed not evil aura of undeath to them.<br/>Alrun, uncaring about the danger however, steps forward.<br/>"I am Alrun, the Old, we come as friends and need entry, we will not be dissuaded!" He declared.<br/><strong>"The path is barred, to protect it's secrets."</strong>One armor informed<br/><strong>"No might or wickedness will help you pass."</strong>The other added, then, both, took a step forwards.. to reveal no one, not two, but three doors, hammered in the rock behind them, as both simultaneously spoke up.<br/><strong>"Know this. As soon as we introduce ourselfs, <em>the Crusader will speak only lies</em>. Only <em>the Guardian can show you the true path</em>. Choose poorly and you will face death at the gates."</strong><br/>Then, the<em>left</em>armor spoke up:<strong>"I am The Crusader. I will point you to the false path."</strong><br/>Not to be dissuaded, the<em>right</em>armor joined in:<strong>"I am the Guardian. I will point you to the right path."</strong><br/><br/>Alrun took a step back, his brow furrowed. "I don't think this is quite as easy as it seems.. if someone has a good idea, I'd rather not have to fight these..." He looked at the group.<br/>