Escorting Caravan (Frances' Tale).

Brief.


After buying spell crystals my funds were quite low.

i've been fighting to gather more coins - and recovered some from hands of Kuo Toa and Kobolds; sold some coal to a crafter Gnarl Horst as well.

Then an opportunity arrived, there was a caravan to be escorted for the House Hemway of Peltarch. We were hired by Lady Hemway with her attendant Alfred - whom curiously she did call every time with different name.

We sought information how to reach our randezvous site, Regal's Fjord, and were advised by a horse seller to use ship; but the trip by water was not so uneventful.

It was a hard fight against pirates, then lot of work by pumps to keep our damaged ship afloat - but we recovered their plunder coins after most of pirates were defeated; it was about 1000 gp for each of us. It was Umberlee-serving pirate casters with spells of bladewall & firestorm that damaged our ship.

At fjord we were approached by Aurilite cultists, who offered us 'Enlightenment' if we undressed from our warm cloaks and felt evil godess of colds' - Auril's - 'kiss on the skin'. i didn't agree, for it was not a way to reach enlightenment - only to get cold & sick instead.

Leeroy - a leader of our caravan - had troubles with a cart wheel, but after it was fixed we could leave.

We rode on the carts pulled by the horses, it was fast and safe until caravan broke.

We had such breaks three times in dangerous areas, we fought wolves, trolls and orcs while Leeroy kept repairing caravan.

Orcs were toughest and most numerous of waves of encountered enemies, our horses were attacked - until Isolde had invisibility spell cast on horses and Leeroy.

After defeating orcs our journey continued, with only two horses remaining alive to pull caravan's wagons.

When we were mostly spent out of spells, our caravan broke again at Peltarch's gates.

We were debriefed, paid and party split.

Now i used up a few of potions, but coin-wise - have over six thousand in my purses.

-- Frances, an Adventuress and an Archer - Witch.




Tip.




Ship.




Pirates.




Fjord.




Wolves.


   

Trolls.


   

Orcs.




Back in Peltarch.




Lady Hemway.