Character Name Type Player Sex Notes ..Arawn...........Druid...John.Haight........Ma..Alfar/Backup Navigator ..Dorhak..........Warrior.Kevin.Newark.......Ma..Captain/Leader/Dwarf ..Fremea..........Sidh....Tobie.Bonahoom.....Fe..Faerry/Archer/Magician ..Kiet............Acrobat.David.Sanders......Ma..Human/Magician ..Pyandalgor......Hunter..Panthera...........Ma..Human/Hunter ..Raddok..........Miner...Bess.Hadley........Ma..Human/Miner ..Tsia.Phan.......Thief...Don.Ker............Fe..Human/Thief ..Unali...........Ninja...Wout.Broere........Fe..Human/Dagger Maiden ..Upus............Warrior.Gerald.Ford........Ma..Normal/Barbarian Warrior ..Kimis...........Warrior.NPC................Fe..Normal/Diumgi Companion ..Z'leyra.........Healer..Alex Koponen.......Fe..Human/Shaman/1st Mate ..Barbosa.........Warrior.Npc................Ma..Dwarf/Outcast ..Bes (2).........Warrior.npc................Mo..Bes.............. 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He silently thinks he can, but suddenly the Vily carries Kiet away before he has a chance to say anything. When Kiet returns holding the brass box, Raddok's eyes widen, & he quickly faces the Vily, bows deeply, falling upon one knee in deep respect & offers thanks for the help. He then quickly follows Dorhak and the others, carrying all his gear, & telling Kiet that he does have some climbing ability, but he's usually used it for cliffs, not trees. He apologizes that he didn't have a chance to tell him earlier; he had been focused upon the amulet, a new experience for him. He asks how long it will be before they can stop and study all the things that have been found. Does the key fit the box? Wasn't there a bag or pouch found somewhere? What was in it? He says to Kiet & Dorhak that the smallest items might hold clues if all the information was shared among them all. He, for one, was feeling rather stupid at the moment, & mutters to himself if he could climb a tree although he had not tried in a couple years. His last experience had been helping to cut down a dying tree that was dropping dead branches onto a narrow mining trail, endangering the entrance trail. He had done all right then, although that tree was leaning & not upright, & was not so tall. Opus says, “I can climb and have some gear”. Arawn gave Raddok a wink when the man's amulet helped guide everyone to the cache lying in the treetop. When the man then spoke up in regards to investigating the containers and pouches the party had discovered the alfar backed him in his suggestion. "So that's three pouches, the two up there and Unali's. Let's see what the pouches hold and then move on to opening the box," he said, hoping to discover if anything of interest might lie hidden within. While waiting for the party to do so he flipped through the journal, hoping to find something hidden among the pages. The man seemed to have done his sketches while up in the tree but the druid wondered if he had another reason to be up high, perhaps to spy on the surroundings. "Kiet, when you were up there did you notice any particular views that he could have been studying?" Kiet shakes his head. To him it was a quick blur. But Arawn knows the silo with the ladder inside from what Fremea said, was twice as tall and was far above the tree canopy so if he spied it was from the silo. The tree was probably just a treasure stash and to keep his food if he used a limb away from bears and the like. Dorhak notices to his right Arawn stop to flip through the journal and grunts. Tells the druid to keep up. Clearly the Vily and her forest friends whoever they were, didn't want folks nearby. Unali tosses the coin bag she found in the man's 'bedroom' chest. He opens it to find 240-250 brass bits of Marentian design and a few L'p'nth ones. Also about 12-15 Copper coins all Marentian. Inside is also a small gold ring with a small snake stone gem on top of gold band. It is worth maybe 3-5 SC. A brooch is also found with a simple brass chain. Both Ring and Brooch show no sign of magic but the Alfar has been fooled before with magic deluding/blocking spells. It is worth 3-4 SC. Arawn opens it to show a tiny gray sketch of some mountain and on left side a color sketch of a woman about the size of a quarter. Arawn puts the items back in bag. Then asks as he walks to see the bag found in the hallway niche. The large pouch is more a bag but has the climbing gear – stakes, rope, grappling hooks and small climbing rings. But upon moving the rope Arawn notices a tube. He then recognizes it like one of spyglass that Unali has. This one is pushed inward compacted. Most spy glass are just long tubes but rare ones made in Ticasi and other places can be compacted to a hand length rather than 3-4 foot. Arawn can tell this is a magical one. Probably enhanced for viewing. This is probably what the man used in the silo. To spy on what or who? The pouch from the tree has a couple of letters in Marentian. Seem to be from a girl as Arawn has only time to scan the scrolls. Finally the brass box, Arawn inspects as he walks. He asks for the key found by Kimis in the boot. It fits and he unlocks it. But patiently rescans it for traps or magic but sees noting from outside. Turning away from party he opens it to find another square small book, a cube and a triangle crystal. All three are magical it seems but their aura is gray and black so its hard to read what they could be. Arawn opens the book which is smaller than the journal but the pages are gibberish and clearly coded. He inspects the triangle crystal but it seems to have no spell on it but it is some form of magic in itself? But he can't recognize the crystal material. Kimis glances at the crystal, “pretty.” Then Arawn inspects the cube. A cube about 2x2 inches. It is yellow in color and can't see inside. Arawn can't interpret the magic of it yet. [Time: 3:38 pm] Fremea continues to fly ahead of the party a mile or two at a time. Hopefully no more silos to slam into. She spots in the east a figure in blue and she descends to investigate. IT is half a mile to the east and off the path the party is taking. Landing on a tree limb she tries to track the figure. A humanoid for sure wearing a light blue. It is moving eastward from the west so she flies closer. The figure in light blue tunic, tan pants is 5' 10 or so feet tall. The figure has no bow but a backpack and a light sword. She tries to get to the south to get a side view and spies on him. She can see the person tilt his head as if sensing something watching him. That's when she sees the ears – of a Elf. The Elf is moving away from the party so Fremea figures he is harmless. She takes back to the sky after watching him awhile. [Time: 4:03 pm] A bit over an hour after leaving the mysterious area the party decides to rest and ensure gear is situated from the hasty evac from the area. Barbosa, Dorhak and Raddok drink water and tell the King and Bes about massive dwarf battles. The forest rings out with their laughter and gestures of great feats. Arawn, Z'leyra and Tsia sit together as they ponder on what they found in the tree and base. Arawn reads the journal a bit more and still shows its only a couple weeks old. But that could be 2-3 years or more in the middle world. That or maybe the man was unsure on the correct dates. There is implication the base was built in minutes which is impossible. Unless it was some great transmutation or such magic? That would explain lack of dust inside. Dorhak had ordered Unali and Opus as sentries on patrol. The sky is still that weird twilight. The forest is not dark but its not bright either. The Sidh have no real issues but the humans can see maybe 150 feet in this dim light and maybe 250 if they notice movement. Beyond that its difficult especially since party has not used torches or light. Kimis decides to pull from her bag a small pipe. Not a flute but more like a pan's pipe than anything. A simple elongated wood with holes on top for 3 fingers and a mouth piece. She begins to play as Opus listens to old tunes she used to play back home around the fire. Dorhak tries to figure out time in this place. Has it been 10 or 15 min or an hour? Unali is due north and Opus is due East on their patrols. Unali about 50 feet and moving counter clock wise and Opus about 30 feet moving clock wise. The music of the pipe and chat flows in the forest seems to hum with birds and insects alike. Suddenly Opus hears movement to the east and squints. Two figures about 5.5 and 6 foot emerge from the bushes. They seem agitated and are now making grunts that is barely heard by the group over the music and chat. Opus seems them run fast toward them. Now about 240-250 feet out. Up to the north Fremea has ot circle back over and over to ensure the party keeps up. She can hear a slight bit of laughs and music? She is about 300 feet above the tree canopy but it drifts up. She wonders if they are stopping for a break and didn't tell her? GM: Actions? Comments? Next update....Friday/Sat GM: Actually Fri/Sat may be rough. Suspect I'll be busy fri and I do work 9.5 hrs sat like I did last sat (10.5 hours). But I will try! If not then Monday . I figure Thursday is too soon for responses. After 10.5 hours sat I was tired to do update. But I have made progress on a couple (3 actually) pnp projects. Those who read discord will get a hint. One I want to release next week as a Xmas gift like Wout does at times. :) Next week is Thanksgiving. But I suspect folks will be not traveling? I could be wrong. So a second update ma be out but we'll see then. Past years I figure holiday travel is blocking response but 2020 is a odd year. GM: Groups- [here to remind me of walking groups] 1st Triad – Dorhak, Barbosa, Raddok 2nd Triad – Z'leyra, Tsia, Unali, King, Arawn. 3rd Triad – Pyan, Opus, Kimis, Kiet.