Thanks to her expert tracking, Whispers was able to follow the hoofprints about a mile into the woods. At that point, the maidens and their retinue of mortals could see a clearing ahead, and a most disturbing sight within. The place was clearly the site of a battle, if not an outright slaughter. red splashes and streaks stained the ground and nearby trees, accompanied by a few discarded weapons. The horses with dead riders, counting at exactly a dozen, milled about aimlessly and grazed on the bloody grass below. Apart from the twelve grim steeds was one with no rider, and no blood save for that around its mouth and hooves. The Linowans in the party immediately recognized it as a special breed raised by the Haltans, though this one was the biggest they'd ever seen, towering over the smaller equine horrors by nearly half a meter. The Haltan horse didn't deem as interested in grazing as it was in watching the surrounding forest with the look of a much more territorial beast in its eyes.<br/><br/>(I'd like Awareness from everybody but Starfall. I also want Stealth from everyone who doesn't want to be seen.)<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">One Awareness Success</div><div class="spoiler_body">Any movement of the corpses atop the horses is purely incidental of their mount's actions. The dead warriors truly are dead.</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Two Awareness Successes</div><div class="spoiler_body">See above. Also, the blood covering the horses is not their own. None of them bear any obvious wounds.</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Three Awareness Successes</div><div class="spoiler_body">See above. Also, the death wounds on the dead warriors look like the results of animal attacks. Large bite and claw marks, as well as some serious blunt force trauma.</div></div>