<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/29/Guardian_Druidess.png)</div><hr/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;">Shara, the Bog-Druid (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=332178.msg15843903#msg15843903)</span></strong></span><br/><hr/><em>Lvl 4 Human Female Druid</em><br/><strong>HP:</strong>40<br/><strong>AC:</strong>16<br/><strong>Standard Perception:</strong>12<hr/>The slender druid, last to arrive and uncomfortably aware that she had failed to arrive promptly - though, in truth, no such expectation had been made - hesitated briefly at the sight of Mouser's proffered hand.<br/><br/><em>Outsider</em>was her first thought addressing the young man, recognizing that he<em>wasn't</em>a member of House Nox - but he was sitting and eating with the not-dead-lord and the dark lady, which made him a<em>guest.</em>That afforded him certain rights and privileges, and while in normal circumstances Shara would have been as happy to sit at, or under, the other table, as she would have been if she had remained standing, she recognized what the House expected of her.<br/><br/><em>Guests are served.  It is better to be overgenerous to the guest than under - if a servant overindulges the guest, the servant can be chastised and the blame falls on the servant.  If the servant underindulges the guest, it is the fault of the House.  It is never the fault of the House.</em><br/><br/>The recitation of old lessons and rules flickered through her mind in an instant, and her hesitation resulted in the merest hitch in her step as she approached the table and first bowed to Davriel with a quiet "Good evening milord. I can offer my report at your leisure," before approaching the Intelligencer and, awkwardly, bowing and accepting his outstretched hand with an awkward curtsy...<hr/><strong>GM Note:</strong>Shara is deliberately not offering her report in front of a guest - best to keep knowledge in-house - but I'm posting her report here so I don't need to rehash it later.  She will, of course, share it if ordered to by Davriel or Milena.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Shara's report</div><div class="spoiler_body">"Today I found that Tide Pool is ringed by a magical barrier that has possibly existed for less than a year, and possibly much longer, with a radius of one mile from here, the Green Dragon Inn.  The road to the northwest is under repair by locals, whose organization I do not know.  Local food is largely supplied by small vegetable gardens and by hunting outside the barrier - the gardens are expertly prepared and cared for, by whose direction I do not know.<br/><br/>Outside the barrier, giant crab may be considered a delicacy but dangerous, monstrous lizard flesh is less flavourful but may have value in their bones or other components.<br/><br/>I found a graveyard, but it wasn't time for me there yet.</div></div>