We reached the mine after a four hour walk. So much for being right outside of town. A wooden building sat off to the east, looking like a warehouse, or maybe an office. The door was unlocked, so I led everyone in, where we were confronted by three snarling mutts. They leaped at us, but [...]

Dawn found us winding our way along the road to Nashkel. The terrain had changed from grassy plains and scattered copses of trees to rocky crags thrusting up from the hard ground. The crackling of fire cut through the still of the morning and the clomping of our boots on the ruined cobblestones of the [...]

I recalled the other inns the cowherd had mentioned, and the Jovial Juggler sprang to mind, familiar for some reason. Then I remembered the gnome back at the Friendly Arm Inn. Her house had been next to the Juggler, and she had asked us to get some things for her. That could wait until after [...]

A polite cowherd gave us directions to several inns where we could rest. The first one we came across was the Burning Wizard, as proclaimed by the garishly painted sign out front. A young man lounged on the steps leading up to the door. “Excuse us,” I said as I tried to move past him. [...]

We left the Friendly Arm Inn the next morning and headed south for Nashkel. All the talk at the inn of bandits on the road had everyone on edge, but eight hours of travel passed without a single encounter. I urged everyone to press on as night fell, memories of the ambush that took Gorion [...]

The taproom of the Friendly Arm Inn bustled with life. The smells of warm food reminded me of how hungry I was. I marched toward the bar counter at the rear of the room, catching snippets of conversation as I passed by patrons seated at the tables. There seemed to be plenty of worry about [...]