<div align="center">(https://i.imgur.com/9sK65xH.png)</div><br/>For the better part of the day, the Sept of the Green Horizon fought against tide and current to chase after Sophia's dream: to get to the DARK CONTINENT.  It was difficult to think of how full the<em>Rude Awakening</em>had once been.  How full of life and joy and love it had been.  There was still love here now.  But also sorrow.<br/><br/>They had said goodbye to the beautiful half-elf battle-maiden who had fought to her last breath right there, in the middle of the boat.  That had been their first loss.  She had been a friend and a lover and a companion, but now she was no more.  They had sailed through the winter and on to the spring, but in their hearts, they were still in that miserable biting and freezing winter.  And what of the barbarian?  He had perished from one day to the next.  Had he fallen off the ship?  Had he killed himself?  Had something taken him?  You would never know, you knew.  But your minds so desperately wanted to.<br/><br/>Still, Sophia held hope that her way was true.<br/><br/>And for a brief instant, she perhaps thought she was correct.  For in the sky, she could see a fine line sailing through the air.  Was it a bird?  It drew nearer, and nearer, and then it flapped its large wings.  It had leathery wings like a bat, but it lacked the feathers of a bird.  As it came closer and closer, everyone could discern that this was one of those dreaded flying reptiles.  But what?<br/><br/>"Wyvern!" someone shouted.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>GM Note:</strong>Welcome to the Dark Continent, players.  I will give the players three rounds to resolve any such actions necessary to prepare to battle a wyvern.<br/><br/><div align="center">(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/0085b0c6-122d-41c3-b4f1-c82c09462a94/dac43ng-bca42ba0-1df2-48a5-ba33-1538ca536743.jpg/v1/fill/w_622,h_350,q_70,strp/wyvern_by_unodu_dac43ng-350t.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9OTAwIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvMDA4NWIwYzYtMTIyZC00MWMzLWI0ZjEtYzgyYzA5NDYyYTk0XC9kYWM0M25nLWJjYTQyYmEwLTFkZjItNDhhNS1iYTMzLTE1MzhjYTUzNjc0My5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTYwMCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.5cDUSSLzpTDefPlHBf9mW-ABQjnsd-S2hw4BlmRUCcU)</div><br/>I will give you three rounds to prepare for the wyvern's arrival.<br/><br/>It is flying from the north, so its distance within those rounds are:<br/><br/>1.  360 ft.<br/>2.  240 ft.<br/>3.  120 ft.<br/><br/>You may complete those three actions within one post or you may try to cooperate with others and spread out your three actions to three different posts.<br/><br/>Nevertheless, you<strong>MUST</strong>roll initiative.