<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/4f/63/ea/4f63ea93601c26c5110c29e9c4114830.jpg)</div>OOC Scene 3, Post 4<br/><br/>I've moved the group outside and onto a boat acquired by Jes. The boat is about 5ft x 15ft - There is enough room for the group and their belongings to travel, but it will get tight if there is fighting. The boat is flat bottomed and comes with both poles and oars. There is a small flat sail.<br/><br/>Jes turns out to be gregarious. I'm going to use her to provide a bit more information. Additionally, please use this as an opportunity to introduce your character to Jes.<br/><br/><hr/><div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/0c/a3/c9/0ca3c9f98cf696696debaa114993b80d.jpg)</div>Jes started the conversation,<strong>"Seeing as you all are not from here, I'm a Grung.  Poison is my specialty. Please don't touch my skin with your bare hands."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"It's a dangerous place you've come to, but you seem like dangerous folk."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"In terms of plentiful crops, that's the heart of the matter here. The river is bountiful—rice below the flood line and corn above. The Elves used to do a brisk trade, rice and corn for manufactured goods—elven traders in the big city and Orc farms along the river. There was a little raiding back and forth, some smuggling, but everybody was happy. Then the Elves started importing their slaves and setting up big plantations along the river. The Orcs weren't having it, and before you know it, there was a war. Elves are burning Orcish villages, and Orcish raiders were burning Elven plantations."</strong>Jess smiled,<strong>"Still, there is a brisk business for smugglers, arms traders, and mercenaries. Fortunately, both sides have realized that the swap is too dangerous."</strong>Jess chuckles and casts her bulbous black eyes over the party.<br/><br/><strong>"Two spell casters, two fighters and a...</strong>Jes looks speculatively at Shade,<strong>"Just what are you?" The real problem will come when we get out on the river. It is the road around here. Traders, Imperial patrols, Orcish raiders all use it. We need to be small enough not to be worth someone's time, but strong enough not to be easy pickings."</strong><br/><br/>