Action Thread 1

[Alethan]

Francisco stops donning his armour as soon as the elf steps into the clearing and listens to his story. Seeing he is not posing any threat, Francisco keeps his sword sheathed.

He shrugs and says, "Well... if someone hadn't tried to play the hero, he wouldn't be in such bad shape." He follows this with a glare in Zin's direction. "Hopefully he can still handle leading a donkey by the reins or I'll have to dock his pay!"

"Otherwise, as you rightly assumed, we were able to dispatch the vicious beasts (or that will soon be done) with little problem. I believe our fatherly figure there, Nunyet, is excited at the prospect of some thick slices of bacon for breakfast. I guess that means we'll need to make a fire after all. Name's Francisco, by the way. To whom do we owe this pleasure?"

As part of getting squared away, Francisco tries to recover his crossbow bolts, if possible.

[Argennian]

Stepping out from the underbrush, Veneficus calmly steps into the ring of light provided by the campfire. He holds a short bow in one hand, but by his side rather than brandished, and no arrow is notched. He raises his other hand in greeting.

"My apologies," he says in a smooth, almost melodic voice. "It seems I was set upon by wild boar, in more numbers than I could handle alone. Seeing the size of your camp, I presumed you could readily dispatch a few with little difficulty."

Veneficus then looks toward the wounded figure, now being tended to by the druid, and frowns. "Though perhaps I was mistaken."

Brok, surprised by the fellow's appearance yet impressed by his brazen directness, stays his hand and looks the "little man" over. He sheaths his sword and dagger and dons a grand smile. "Ah, speak of the devil... Come forward into the light, if you will, that we may see you better. If you don't mind me asking, just what in he Nine Hells are you doing running around in the underbrush here, Master...?"

[Xaxyx]

"I am known an Veneficus," he says, slipping his bow over one shoulder as he approaches. He inclines his head toward each of the humans who spoke. "Be advised, there are still two boar nearby. They are incapacitated though, and I suspect that they will wander off once they recover."

Glancing about, he apprises each of the members of the camped group, raising an eyebrow when his gaze drifts toward the half-orc. He then turns back toward Francisco. "You are the leader of this party, I presume?"

[rredmond]

Nunyet nods to the newcomer, "another fellow traveler, welcome, it is a good night to be sleeping on the road... but then when is it not. Wake me at my turn to watch and pray". He settles himself back down to sleep, "and in the morning... bacon." he finishes with a smile as he rolls over on the ground and closes his eyes.

[migellito]

Kurn nods to Veneficus "welcome.. my name is Kurn." He then busies himself dispatching the sleeping boars and piling them up. "I agree we should smoke these up and take along what we can."

[ToniXX]

The boars that are magically held are deftly dealt with by Kurn's new dagger, as they pose no threat or resistance.

The third watch goes by uneventfully, and you wake up to the sun breaking over the eastern Newiron hills.

And we move on to Action thread 2