[IC] Part 1: By the Sign of the Prancing Pony
"I think between us we can make enough of a trail even Barnabas Butterbur would be able to follow it."
Aldaron takes a moment to consider his new companions. It's the first time he's travelled neither alone, nor with only rangers. Nór already impresses him with his demeanour, and looks ready to travel a thousand leagues; Haldan has the look of a man who knows the road like the back of his hand and would scare a wolf pack; Milton is skinny for a hobbit, but if anybody knows the goings on around Bree better, he can't imagine who it is; and Perry, who has a cunning eye and sharp memory.
Gert, of course, he knows and respects. But he's seen her working.
It's a good group. If this treasure exists, he's confident they'll find it. If. Diarmoc, he suspects, is a Dunlending. That fact needn't condemn him. Aldaron's known Dunlendings who have earned his respect. Good people. But Diarmoc has an ill-omened look, and a face filled with treachery.
...and Jari, he's concealing something more than just the location of he treasure.
Aldaron looks about for the dwarven travellers. They either knew Jari, or reacted to him so poorly for other reasons. It would have been nice to talk with them.
"Did anybody have a chance to speak with the two dwarfs who were here?"
OOC: If they've left, or we don't want to prolong the thread before going on (understandable), is there a roll we could use to see what was learned from any conversation with them?