<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/cc/Kathra.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Kathra Brighthammer (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=344148.msg16249161#msg16249161)</strong></span></span><br/><strong>HP:</strong>12/12 AC: 15<br/><strong>Spell slots:</strong>1: 1/2<br/><strong>Spells prepared:</strong><em>cure wounds</em>,<em>grease</em><br/><strong>Effects:</strong>Magical Tinkering 2/2<br/><strong>Actions:</strong><br/><hr/>Kathra grunted and strained as she helped to haul the horses off the road, but she worked steadily, with the tireless dedication of a dwarf who had been manhandling both living and dead animals for over a century, and with a centre of mass quite low to the ground.<br/><br/>She looked from the carcasses to the clues Lynnara had uncovered, pondering. "These horses were alive this morning, by the feel of their hides and muscles. I know what happens to animals after you slaughter them. This happened recently. So people were riding along this trail, were ambushed by the goblins, who shot the horses, which... isn't how bandits normally work - a good riding horse is gold on four legs." She pointed at the discarded belt buckle. "And that suggests that this was a kidnapping, and somebody survived to leave that trail as they were being taken away."<br/><br/>She sighed deeply. "If Gundren and Sildar have been kidnapped by goblins, or whoever hired the goblins, then we need to go after them. He won't care about his wagon right now. And if it's a trap, then we just have to take that risk. Hopefully they're both still alive - I don't see any other bodies here. If we're going to follow the trail, we should start right away. We have provisions for the trail - as much as I'd like to fry up some fresh horsemeat with some carrots and a honey glaze, there's no time to lose here."<br/><br/>Kathra shook her head in bewilderment, and clasped Clara's hand again. "It looks like Burdock - not Burdock, that is - was after me, but why? Gundren and I are family, by marriage, so I suppose I have a connection to him that might be relevant. Maybe they figured that I would be the most likely person to be motivated to go after Gundren, and if he took me out, the rest of you wouldn't bother." She smiled at the others with some satisfaction. "If that's the reason, then he underestimated all of you."