Session 1: In the Misty Morning


"Thank you for coming here. I know the king has little enough to spare at this time, with everything else that needs his attention, and I appreciate that you are able to come to my aid."
You are in Lady Meridian Theel's council chamber. She sits at the head of the table. Seated to her right is General Osmund Wilders, commander of Lady Meridian's army, and on the table in front of them is a map of her territory within the kingdom. They both point out relevant locations on it as Lady Meridian continues to speak.
"As you know, the Children of the Sea have been quiet for some time. The business with their Megapod was a significant setback, and they have been taking their time to regroup. Of course the quiet since then was only temporary, hardly a return to peace. It seems we are reaching the end of that little reprieve."
She glances to Wilders, who continues "The Children have been launching raids against some of our communities. Nothing serious, our soldiers are able to repel them with only minor losses at most; we suspect that they are just testing us now while they prepare whatever they actually have in mind. But the point is that they are coming out again, and attacking civilian locations no less. We've sent scouting parties to search the area where we think the Children are based, but we've had no luck so far. It's that bloody magic of theirs, I suspect. We just can't figure out what they are doing or how to break through it, and we can't commit more of our own men to the task because we need them to keep the people safe from the raids."
Lady Meridian then resumes speaking. "And this is where you come in. We need you to find their outpost, or fortress, or whatever it is. We can provide soldiers for an assault on the place once we know how to get to it. Any questions?"
It was a full day of riding from the capital to Lady Meridian's manor - how did you interact with each other along the way? Did anything noteworthy happen?
And now that the expository mission briefing is done, what do you do?