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Drudsa is ready to go.

The adventurers are returned their weapons without comment and depart for Castle Mistamere, retreading familiar ground as they travel along the road leading in the general direction of Aleena's cave and beyond. When the road forks, however, the party continues along the main road instead of turning west. Within minutes the road narrows down to a single track. There is no sign of human habitation in the barren hills on either side of the road.

After another hour of riding the track turns abruptly northeast, towards the lake, and mounts a steepish hill covered in dusty shrubs. Cresting the top of the hill the companions see the ruined walls of the castle off in the distance, perhaps a mile or two away; immediately in the valley below they see a group of six hyena-headed humanoids, clad in leather jerkins and carrying short bows and maces. The beasts loll about a guttering fire; the mostly devoured carcass of some beast -- sheep or goat, likely -- half buried in the ashes. The creatures do not seem to notice the party.

Drudsa the dabbler

"The creatures have ranged weapons, so it would be wiser to approach them unnoticed. Once we are a bit closer we can try to put them to sleep with a spell."

Saul gestures if he should go down, he already has his bow strung and an arrow ready.

Thordin the dwarf has his short bow out and an arrow nocked. He will fire if anyone else fires, otherwise he assumes they have a plan...

Tratiln nods in agreement, "Let's put them to sleep and try to question them as to why they are so close to Threshold."

Rhys the traveler

Rhys retrieves his bow and quiver and readies an arrow. He will follow the others' lead. Assuming it will involve firing arrows, he prepares to do so...

Lanny the elf
Lanny stares down at the hyena-headed creatures in the valley.

"Gnolls!" he utters quietly, the disdain apparent in his voice, his fists clenched firmly at his side.

"Quickly, before they see us, let's rush in and put them to sleep. Bows at the ready... A couple of horses on the flanks to prevent their escape would not hurt us either. Let's go!"

Bregalad the elf

Bregalad thinks there may be a way for the group to lull the gnolls to sleep, without giving up the element of surprise. He whispers his ploy to the group, "If one of us spell casters was invisible, he may just get close enough to cast Sleep, and still hold the element of surprise. And with Saul and Rhys being adept at sneaking, they could accompany the caster for support. The rest of us could prepare to charge in if the tactic fails, or if there are any remaining gnolls."

Alethan wrote:

Sorry. I didn't realize this was a surprise round...

Tratiln will begin moving up with his comrades, getting closer with his hands free in case he is needed to cast a spell

riftstone wrote:Thordin the dwarf

"Innana, the task you requested of me has been completed. It was a pleasure to create this for you."

With that, he will hand the trinket over to the lady.

In a low voice he states "I could not help but be inspired by your hair, so I, uh, made it red?." Thordin....blushes?

Innana takes the trinket in her hand and gazes at its ruby red clarity. "It looks like a cut gem, and even catches the light." Amazing work." Innana holds the trinket up to the sun, and takes a few moments to admire Thordin's beautiful work. "You must have kept yourself very busy, my friend." Innana walks over to Bregalad and hands him the good luck charm she promised him if he survived. "This was handcrafted by our master glass maker, Thordin. She holds a glass die up in the air by a silver chain. "This is a your lucky charm I promised you if you survived the last adventure. A die with no ones, or two's, just three, four, five and three sixes." Innana hands the charm over, and adds."I hope this helps with your luck Bregalad. It feels lucky, we will have to see how it works for you."

Innana the fighter;

Innana quietly pulls her sword from its sheath, and ready s herself for the attack. She whispers directions to her horse, Bliss, "Steady Bliss, I will need you to be patient, and then you can show me what you got."

Innana awaits for a sign to attack.