OOC: I guess we need resolution, i suppose we'll jus tend up camping for now.

Herkimer strides up to Wulfe and puts a hand on his shoulder.

"If you need to pitch a tent friend id prefer you donit away from mine."

He grins coyly.

I will assume everyone sleeps around the fire ... the nearest thing to a tent, is the Templars large rain cloth (Oiled/waxed heavy fabric like Canvas).

In reply to Master of Fates (msg # 429):

Long before it gets dark, Thomas is going to try to work out where the hell Herkimer has send us...

"So I assume none of you have any ideas where we are, and seem to care even less. Do any of you have magic that could help, or magic that could get us where we need to be?"

Herkimer shrugged.

"Thomas, where we need to be is often subjective. Perhaps this is exactly where we need to be."

Herkimer pokes at the fire, sending sparks up into the night air.

"If you'd ask me, I'd rather be in my tower with my fair soon to be wife concocting up new ways of casting the old spells. If we truly want to know where we are best to do it in the light of day so we can look for familiar landmarks or otherwise."

"It is the light of day, and while your wife might be safe, my wife and her family are in danger. Very selfish of you not to care, but since our mission from the king and the safety of my wife's family coincide, that is where I think I should be."

so is it night or day

Well it was late afternoon when you set up camp ... no one has talked about the prisoners ,the animals or any guard.

Wulfe will take the mid-night guard (the hardest one, ashe's been exposed ot it for plenty of time already).

"Not knowing where we're going is one thing, but heading in an unknown direction burdened by very wounded people is not wise.



OOC: I still find it a little odd that we'd have set off without anyone knowing which way to go

That is because in my mind we are still back where the fight was, trying to work out which way to go. I still have no idea how we could set off without knowing where we are or where we are going. I have been told we are 'there' but I have had no explanation of where 'there' is, other than in some direction.

OK...so you all stood around at the site of the ambush for several hours until you had to make camp... you have 5 horses... one is a pack horse, 4 are riding horses.

In reply to Master of Fates (msg # 437):

I assume it would take us less time than that to either determine where we are or where we should be going, but if not, well, is there a point moving in a random direction? If so, which direction and why?

Edit: That is a Genuine question, by the way, not a rhetorical one.
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So WHO is doing something to determine where you are?


It is LATE Afternoon.

Herkimer racks his brain and tries to piece together the pieces of the puzzle. Where were they exactly?


15:51, Today: Herkimer rolled 9 using 3d6.  Area Knowledge (Caithness)@13?

OOC:

So, i mean presumably the group was heading in a direction before the ambush, who was directing them then?

We get the point that you're getting frustrated with nobody doing anything, but ultimately there's an impasse, confusion and general inability to work through something that doesn't seem to make sense to us.

Presumably, if anybody had some skill or ability to get us back on track they'd have done it already. Otherwise, there's nothing for us to go on - Emelia would likely know more than everyone else the path to her home, even if it's just something as inaccurate as "oh I think i recognise that mountain range, lets head towards that".

We're not being difficult.



"Which way is Gedan? he asked the most conscious Templar.

In reply to Wulfe The Pretty (msg # 441):

That is kind of my point. You want us to do something that makes no sense. Nobody just marches off in a random direction if we have somewhere we need to be.

Apparently, Herkimer's magic brought us to the nearest Templars, not to Emelia's lands, so we could be anywhere. We were not going any direction when we met the Templars, and not going any direction after we met them, because we don't really know which direction to go. That is why I have been asking if anyone knows where we are, several times.

Rascallion has been flying around a bit, and I would ask him to do some recon if noone knows anything else.

OK... You can see the sun... so east and west are obvious enough...which makes north and south known.

You are in a small clearing on a little used path next to a meadow but there are trees all around... so looking around, you see trees.

The Templar with two broken arms will jerk his head off in a generally north direction and say Up that way a fair piece
The Other Templar seems to have healed his back some again ... Sneaky Devil.

You can determine that the Templars rode in from the "Northeast" side of the trail, no one has been down the south part in a long time. The trail does seem to wind around some from what you can see (Logically in a forest).

From this level, you can determine no more.

Herkimer takes the form of a hawk and flies upwards, spiraling outwards and catching thermals, comparing what the Templars had told him with his knowledge of the area.

Herkimer's hawk form circles overhead a moment before heading northeast, appearing to follow the trail that templars had indicated.

Herkimer returns some time later, speeding down through an opening in the trees and alights on the ground and quickly sheds his hawk form in a transformation that seems to throw brown feathers in all directions.

"Well I know where we are. What we're going to do next though is...difficult for me to know. I'm hoping you have some ideas."

Herkimer goes on to describe the situation. The path leads through the forest but disappears after a time, heading east towards a castle in the distance. HOWEVER continuing north he spied a military encampment and came close enough to spot siege weapons being built. The castle appeared, from what he could remember, to be Emilia's. The flight was long enough, but through this forest it would take maybe one and a half to two days. Herkimer thought carefully on this a moment, looking as if there was more to add. And there was.

"It's possible I can teleport us a ways, having been along the route, it will take a couple trips, and there's always a danger of mis-teleport. But it would shave significant time from our travels. IF the magic is strong enough in these areas."

ooc: not entirely sure how long Herkimer would have been gone for. Any estimates MoF?

OK, Minor correction... there were TWO castles ... the path now heads to the one further south, although years ago it looks to have gone to the one he thinks is Emelia's.  He was gone a fair while, perhaps half a watch.

To check Mana levels here roll against Perception + Magery level -3 =

In reply to Master of Fates (msg # 447):

"Ah. That is good to know, then. How soon can we get there with Teleport?"

Let us think before acting ... Teleporting will tire Herkimer, requiring a significant rest between efforts. Might be best to only do it if we have to and from as close to the castle as possible.

In reply to Emelia Hill (msg # 449):

"That is a fair call, milady. How long do we have, though, before the attacking force besieges you? And how long will it take us to get there?"

It appears they have already besieged the castle, which means walking in is unlikely. The siege engines concern me though, as that is not something envisioned when the Castle was built.