Re: Chapter 6: The Quest t for Seven Falls Canyon
The party of heroes carefully follows the slick cliff-side trail up and away from the falls. Soon back on firm ground, surrounded by trees. The walk up is far more difficult than it was coming down as several members of the party feel it most heavily in their lungs and the burn in their older legs.
For several hours Inas leads the group back through deer trails, mercifully the trail is mostly heading slightly down.
Astral flits from person to person, asking an endless list of questions. She has all the curiosity of a small child, while at the same an daunting intelligence. She apparently was born fluent in a dozen languages, while at the same time, having a childlike innocence of how things work in the world about her. She asks about your families, what you do, what you are good at, if you are married, have children, where you got that scar, just about anything. And she implores Saliq to show her some illusions, for Folke to sing a song and play a tune, for Inas to tell her about this plant, that tree, for Marissa to tell her tales of the sea and how to steer a ship, and Rath to tell her about all the religious tokens he wears and what it feels like to heal someone, and who is Rose? It good that she flies from person to person, for cute as she is, she is also somewhat exhausting. When she finally settles behind Marissa's hair and goes to sleep, everyone, even grim Inas, can't help but smiling.
As night falls, the party sets up camps and takes turns on watch. Sleep comes easy under a clear cool sky. In the morning, everyone feels refreshed.
Several days go by in such peaceful, natural travel, and by the third day, the party begins to be able visually to see their comrades are becoming younger. Whatever curse of magic of the passages of Woe and Sorrow has, it is not permanent and begins to wear off. In the ten days it takes to return to the outskirts of Stormhaven, everyone has returned to their normal ages.
ooc: Congratulations, the party has successfully, and with flair and ingenuity completed the rescue of the young dragon. I will update XP's along with some bonus for excellent role-playing. I am going to make two assumptions, if I'm wrong, please let me know, but they are, the party will return to Elexi after a stop in Stormhaven, and that the Morde Witch will be their next and likely final, er, next great adventure. If I don't hear otherwise, I will be opening a new chapter soon towards that end.