If a Tree Fell in the Forrest....

New reinforcements arrived at the outpost and Raifer was glad to have them on. He just received word from some scouts that there were some very strange things going on near the forrest section of the plateau near where the suspected Drow cities might be. Magenta reported hearing odd sounds and spotting tracks similar to wild animal, possibly feline, but much larger than appropriate. Quite possibly two or 3 times as large. This news spurred Raifer to mount up a scouting party to go investigate before any surprises popped out at them.

The scouting party was to be led by Marci, with Nord, Magenta, Seladon, Leonard and newcomers Ruurik and Books. They packed up some horses and the travelling cart and took along some grunt troops from the outpost to watch the camp site they planned to set up while they scouted. They travelled the 3 days across the plains area in a stready rain that slowed their pace somewhat and arrived outside the forrest. Here they set up camp and waited until the next day to begin their investigation.

The rain left the ground soft and soggy, but it also left deeper tracks. An the tracks that Magenta had seen before were still there, and they were definitely bigger than normal. Off they went in to the forrest to scour the area and a short trip in exposed more tracks that were much fresher than the others. Nord scurried up a tree to get a look abouts and saw two clearings that were a few miles away. The team set out for the closest one.

It took about an hour or so to reach the clearing and when they arrived they found a clearing that was a few hundred yards across and marked by several rock outcroppings. At one of them they noticed an obvious pile of carcasses. On closer inspection they could see that there were horse bodies and, unfortunately, the remains of two of the outpost scouts. Something had set up a home here and was using this area as a feeding ground.

The groups inspected the other rocky spots and found at the second one the remains of an elf like body. But the body was definitely Drow. Books sifted through the remains and found some basic items and one odd amulet that had the head of an octopus like body engraved, almost Mind Flayer looking. They took the amulet and moved on. They proceeded to the second clearing which was considerably smaller and found that it contained a dug pit that was being used as a dung hole.

The group decided to set up here and attempt to ambush the creature. Nord, once again, made his way up a tree to look around. But this time the tree snapped under his weight and he plummeted to the ground and was rendered unconscious. A few heals brought him around and then Books, a halfling, made his way up to look around. At the top he spotted a creature, or two, he couldn't be sure, in the other clearing. The group set up for an attack expecting that the creature or creatures would be this way soon.

But the attack was against them as a small group of Drow crept up from behind them and attacked. First with a volley of arrows that hit Leonard and Marci and a Magic Missile attack that also struck Leonard, who was now severely wounded. The group now responded and Seladon cast an entangle to slow the Drow down. Several bow shots rang in to the Drow and hit their marks as Nord was struck with another Magic Missile from the lone female in the Drow party. Marci moved in and struck on of the warriors a massive blow, knocking it to the ground. Ruurik cut deeply in to the second warrior, but this one did not fall.

The battle continued until Marci was hit by a flash of insight. These Drow were probably hunting the same creature they were after. So she decided to parlay with the Drow. Cautious words were exchanged and the Drow eventually agreed to cooperate after Marci mentioned that they had found the Drow body and had taken the amulet. The amulet appeared to be the key as the Drow explained that they had looked and did not find it when they had searched. And so a truce was reached.

The noise had spooked off whatever the creatures were as they could no longer be spotted from the trees. It was decided to set up a small sheltered area to rest until the creatures arrived, which the Drow, who had been hunting for several days, stated that they came to this place a few days after eating. They scouted for a secure area and found a copse of trees that formed a semi enclosed area. Here they rested. The groups splitting the watches for the night as each team had people stay up together. The Drow offered to perform the night watch for the group, but Marci was having none of that.

They set up their watches, but when Marci went off watch leaving Books on, the Drow must have cast a sleep spell on the halfling leaving the entire team vulnerable. Oddly, the only thing missing in the morning was the amulet they had taken from the dead drow. Now without the amulet and no other assistance, the team decided to head back to their main camp outside the woods and send back for additional assistance. When they made it back, they sent the outpost watch team back with the request to Raifer.

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