Ragnorra Session 11

Start: 7 am, Saturday, 13th, 1396

The party retraced their way back through the woods, collecting their horses.

They got back on the road rather quickly. On the road to the east, they observed a mounted guard patrol headed from Espar towards Waymoot, east along the road.

They decided to go down a rather derelict, poorly maintained, but once high quality dwarven road, towards Minroe.

They encamped outside the forest, with Minroe in view.

Early in the morning, they continued towards Minroe.

Upon arrival, they were briefed by a guard on the current situation in Minroe. There has been significant depopulation and flight of the people, so the guards have decided to quarantine the area to prevent the spread of the plague. Some makeshift cots were set up on the periphery of the village.

The guard seemed to know very little, other than a plague was spreading - although infectivity seemed to be low. He passed the party on to a healer tending to the diseased.

That man was named Dorn. He quickly introduced himself to Ronja, Cassius, and Vix.

The three of them explained their understanding of the current situation, the healing shrine, and the likely link to the spreading sickness amongst the populace.

To Vix's eye, the sickness the populace of Minroe was afflicted with seemed very familiar, and very like what afflicted Meredith Egyon, back in Suzail.

That was enough for Dorn. He decided to accompany them.

They noticed a bounty posted in the village that read as follows: "Olav Blackspear, the "King" of the Tun Bandits. 500 gp bounty if given to "Trollkiller" in Waymoot.

The four of them, having recently rested, decided to waste no time. They ascended the old dwarven path through the Stormhorns.

They traveled for quite some time, encountering no one. After quite some time, they came across a checkpoint. It was manned by bandits.

Vix took this opportunity to introduce Dorn to Simon. It was an unsteady, impromptu introduction, but he took it in stride, and decided to ask questions later rather than now.

There was a barricade blocking their path, and small towers manned by archers. Cassius took control of the situation, and decided to pay the men the small toll they demanded - one crown each.

They passed on by. Camping on the road, a dwarven couple came across the party, returning to Minroe from the healing shrine. They spoke of a sickness being cured, and how the healers were miracle workers. They did not seem to have any in depth knowledge of the situation, but mentioned this was a return visit. The party determined the dwarf's wife was suffering from early stages of the progeny sickness.

They camped overnight, unmolested by bandits.

The three of them continued on a great long way through the mountain pass. They eventually came to a break in the pass, overlooking a valley. They briefly considered the possibility of causing an avalanche of sorts to dispel the bandit checkpoint up ahead, but in the end, decided against it for now.

Again, they passed by this checkpoint, paying the requisite amount.

The party continued along the raised valley path until they reached some new construction. It was a flattened, parking area of some sort, near a stair leading up. They decided to camp here.

Shortly after camp, they noticed a change in guard of the bandits. The bandits paid them absolutely no mind.

During camp, they met with a woodsman, and an old man at various points of the night. They seemed to be heading west, on return trips from the healing shrine. They, like the dwarves, seemed to be happy with the miracle workers with the shrine. The party let them all pass without incident.

Simon fed 3 am, Sunday, 14th, 1396 (3 day satiation)
End: 5 am, Tuesday, 15th, 1396