RoA One-Shot Adventures "The Muster of Morach Tor"
As the events from the past week are concluded, someone approaches the group with an offer, and some straightforward coin. It turns out that a merchant's son, a half-orc by the name of Rihen Isothe, is planning a trip to Nesmé in order to pick up a piece of work he'd had commissioned, and wishes to have some competent armed escorts for the trip northward.
His offer is fairly straightforward: four gold coins per day, with him supplying mounts and supplies for the trip; on light horses, they can make the trip in seven days, assuming no stops. He pads the offer with an additional 20 gold each upon arrival, and possibly an extra amount if trouble is encountered — and appropriately dealt with — along the way. If the trip is uneventful, it will be a about 50 gold profit for just a few days' travel, ending up in a city famous for their metalsmithing, including their work with rare metals such as mithral and adamantine.
Isothe's plan is to take the Long Road all the way to Longsaddle, then follow the Surdrin Trail to Nesmé. It's a fairly straightforward route, though military patrols have lessened in the past few years, and it would include stops in Red Larch, Triboar, Westbridge, Rassalantar, and Amphail.
[Chepzur is not present in the group yet; it's just the four of you right now. A few years ago, Nesmé was sacked by an army of trolls. Thanks to the help of dwarves from Mirabar and Mithral Hall, the trolls were driven back into the moors, and the city has been rebuilding. This past year, things have been complicated by the newly-established Kingdom of Many Arrows. They will probably have a pressing need for sellswords and mages-for-hire, and this trip would give a good excuse to go there — not to mention the extra coin gained along the way. And if you DO run into trouble en route, the chance of reclaiming valuables is fairly high.
If you wish, we can gloss over the trip and assume that the seven days go by without incident. Or we can go day-by-day and see if you have any complications, though I would include the chance of having non-offensive encounters as well. I'm good either way.]