Dicing with Death Episode 072

Two year Dicing with Death anniversary.

Day 1
It is Spring 1509.

Before going to sleep Georg consults the stars. With his Astrology knowledge he deduces that danger rides of four legs. Also he comfirms to himself that the stars are the same here as they are on Solum.

Day 2
Georg with the six slaves, Reptar, Ranolie, Orwell, Almad, Fander & Rugbug leave the Halfling Village and head north.

Along the path north, Georg comes across a Human Merchant, leading 3 carts. After a brief conversation, Georg continues on his way.

At sunset, Georg reaches the mountains and. He decides they aren't natural mountains made by plate tectonics. They were created by other means. The group makes camp in the Goblin Woods.

Day 3
Georg is woken before dawn to the sound of a shrieking of one of the slaves, Ranolie. Georg lights a torch and sees a stirge, with it's needle mouth draining blood from Ranolie's neck. Two other stirge swoop down, avoiding Georg's torch light, attack two other slaves, Reptar and Almad. Almad killed outright. Georg throws a colorspray and knocks two stirges unconscious. The slaves kill the awake stirge on Reptar.

Reptar reveals that 20 of them were an Akuban raiding party who hit the Spice Islands, but a Drekian Warship captured them as slaves. Now they are down to 5. Georg and the Slaves give Almad a burial.

Reptar goes off to hunt, but only finds a few berries. The slaves except Ranolie head out and hunt for food. Fander & Rugbug come back being quiet and crouching. Telling Georg that by a nearby pool are a dozen Goblins. Reptar and Orwell haven't come back yet.

Georg walks up to the Goblins. Some are fishing, some are bathing. They are lounge around. Georg starts barking orders in Hobgoblin, demanding fish. The demands fail to intimidate, so Georg trades silver for fish.

travels into the The Shadow Mountains.