“Oh yes...we will find something that shows off that figure that you hide,” she smiled and skips along. “Why does he need to lie?” Tyri asked, running her finger across his shoulder blades as she past, the bells ringing out with each step. She paused and gave the dwarf a deep curtsey. "Thank you for your hospitality Master Dwarf."

  Ivy Just  shake his head,see? this is why i can live in the streets  and some  people cannot!.. You  don not prancer  around  shouting your name.. why not just open a stall in the market place..  One stab of  a Silver piece.. 3  for a gold!

   Kree offered his hand to the Dwarf,..I be  Borlin Orcrender...I am in charge of the  guards  fer this  miserly bastard   Coll Varn?  he runs  beers  and wines  as well as   clothing and such goods... has a  decent  market in Trok and the tracewood.... then Tou batsards    came up to  us , not long ago, tryin' ta get us  to   stop over their way?.. well... they kin go hump thier horses!... they ain't never bothered with us  afore?.. why now..?

 ..because, Friend   Borlin. The Black Timber   has  opened   a new   village, soon to be a town.. called  Merchant's Landing..its  on the Lather   River  near  The Black Timber. The Arrows  have a  small  fleet of ships... 3..maybe  4 now... they sail theb Lather  from The Timber     and stop at the Plains Elf  Grotto..and the    tracewood  landing, and go to Val  and to the sea..opeing up a  whol new   world for our goods..

 The Dwarf looked interested,what 'bout them Mok bastards?

 we..... he motioned to his Unit,set fire  to the Merchant Lords  quarter... we also destroyed the  Beast of The River..burned it to the water line in its own berth..

 ... ye  can't be truthin' there..and  that's me sayin'!

 ..Tou  is trying to stop The Landing from being   built..it  already has  some decent walls.. and archers  from the timber  watch over her.....our ships   have  made a few trips  already... merchants   are comign through the Timber  now, and  our goods   are going  down  River there, rather then the Storm.. Tou..once   'told' us  what we could sell them, and what we could buy from them..now?..they get nothing from us..nor  will we need to by from them.... The Next step is to build  a  trade road  along  our side of the Lather  river... wagons and ships   with goods and people?,,, we are about to change the   the way the world turns

 ..That?..would  mean Trok... and alot of the Merchants in Ironmound could  send stuff   to the tracewood.. and  continue on to the river  to sell  to the coast and  The Timber!

 Aye... many  a poor  folk are going to be rich, and many rich people are going to go poor..

 ..well..I'll tell you this... when we  get to Tracehome?.. I'm taking a  ride  tot he Lather River  , I want to see   that Mok is hurt!

 ..Mok?  will  do one of two things... the good  way, is  there are no more merchant Lords... and the regular   Merchants  make  a trade deal with our side of the river..... The Bad   way, The merchant lords   return to power  with thsose who still lived.... if that happens..  we will have to go back and start another fire.

 The cooks     handed out  a stew or  a barely soup to the Arrows  and  some  hard bread but  cold ale  from  the magicked  kegs   they had  for 'the caravan's use'

“Thank you,” Tyri smiled at the cook, taking the stew, bread and ale and finding a spot to sit. She took the bread and dipped it into the stew, taking small bites. She watched and listened to what was transpiring, icy blue eyes taking in those of the camp. A smile came to her lips once she tasted the ale. “That is good…”

 Elandra smiled and replied to Tyri," Oh my I do not have a figure like yours, I don't think any type of clothes could make me as umm desirable as you are Tyri."  Elandra was not lying she did not think any clothing could make her look desirable like Tyri, Elandra never really looked at her body like that, she was almost always covered, maybe it would be good to show off her body, it was not against her religion to do so or to engage in matters of the flesh. Elandra smiled at Tyri and thought she was the most beautiful woman she had ever seen.


 Elandra smiled at the dwarf, and she also took a bowl of stew, some bread and ale, then took a seat next to Tyri of course. " Thank you very much may Peace be with you." she said to the cook.

When Kree, Ivy and the others enter the camp and meet the dwarf, Krwyn continues his move. Invisible for the men in the camp, he circles the camp in an outward spiral pattern to look for deceit or for danger from the riders that were seen before. His bow is ready, his senses stretched.
IFn he notices nothing out of order when he has circled the camp at least three times, he returns to the camp and joins his friends. If, at the other hand, he finds something amiss, he raises the alarm for outside threats or warns the warden and the remaing companions in the woods in case of looming betrayal.

 Thus far, the camp seems  safe. The Guards ( who are  behinds ..there are three and they  are parked in  a  rough circle, with horses  tied  between the  them to rest and water)

  Kree  Settles  down  near one of the many fires, , taking  a bowel of barley soup and bread.....my thanks, we had  eaten at Tracehome..but  tried to push through the night, we saw your  came fire and hoped  for   a safe spot  this eve...

 ..dunna know  why? Yer the  bleedin' death elf hisself  and ye got all these folk with you.. though the  mix of them two females.. one,  hardly wearin' a thin'  and the other  would  die in the sands  with all them clothes she's wearin'..Then you got that halfhorse  lady  and that big  fellow.. a cat lady and  I supposing   a ranger lady?..and this hear  shiny fellow
 who looks like them  bard tale  fellows 

 Kree nods  as he dips the bread in the soup and eats,still, less folks we need to  kill before bed is always welcome rest.  the two laugh  as Krwyn enters the camp.

“I’m an entertainer,” Tyri grinned, proud of her body and her clothing…or lack thereof. “So Ivy…Kree…which one of you is better at unarmed combat?” She gave them both an innocent look though her eyes showed a lot of excitement in the prospects of learning how to protect herself should an enemy get too close. "Unless of course there is someone else here at camp who can help a girl out."

  Kree shook his head,.. can't say i ever killed someone without  a weapon..so I'd have to  say i do not qualify.

 Ivy shook his headd as well as he studied the  soup   and shrugged as he  ate,..bow or Blade for me... maybe  if a  was a huamn i might try , just hands..but..blade to blade  of some  sort  for me...

 Elandra smiled at Tyri and said," No I have only used weapons in combat I do not fight unarmed, I am sorry Tyri." Elandra wish she did it would be great to train in combat with Tyri.

"Anyone else?" she called out to those nearby. "<Anyone else know how to fight unarmed?"

In reply to Tyri Shadowhand (msg # 138):

Luthien seems vaguely amused at the idea of unarmed combat. The Knight, after all, wears gleaming Plate Armor, easily the most heavily armored person in the group, or tied for that title.

"You may be on your own with that one."

   Boril watched  the   underdressed dancer,..Ye know Lass... ye might   fine a way to make good coin  inside the walls of the city?... but yer  not  dressed  quite well fer  walking about Laynak?.. them cat folks, could  cut ye  with here claws..

  there was  a bit of  a cough as  Kree  fished his bowl of  soup, by titling back  the  bowl and drinking from it., You have the  right of it, Friend  Dwarf. But... we are in the middle or  ironmound, Trok, The Tracewood, and Tou.... there  could be  bandits..maybe the odd  slaver..a stray undead or two..but if Cat folk are here.. some one isn;t  doing thier  job...

 Ivy   popped the last of his bread into his mouth...Unless  Tou is    really miffed  and thier  riders  'miss' some catfolk, so they can harrass  people going   back and forth  to  Ironmound  and trace Wood

 the dwarf  snorts, 'The Wood'  and 'The Timber' they keeps  thier  area's  clean..I do have me doubts about Tou..they seem focused on human  merchants, and only give  passing help to  Demi-folk like me..

Tyri smiled. “This is how I have always dressed when I have traveled…even among my troupe.” With a shrug, she finished eating. “I also tend to stay back in battle but I mean…thanks for worrying? I don’t like the confinement of armor.”

It's pitch dark already when Krwyn enters teh camp, returning from his scouting. He seeks Kree out and gives him his report: "I have scouted quite some terrain around the camp without finding anything unusual or dangerous. For now it's safe, but I will make another round in an hour or two." Then he joins his friends and enjoys a bite and a drink.

 Elandra ate and smiled, yes Tyri wore very little ad no armor in combat. Either she wasn't a combatant or she fought a much different style then Elandra learned. Elandra took her eyes off of Tyri for long enough to check out the camp and closely observe their new friends. Elandra will try and read their motives as they eat and talk. She does respond to Tyri," Yes we all have different styles of fighting, I have some armor but I have my gifts from Amot, Luthien is covered in metal, you Tyri fight differently. That is good it is better to be different we can surprise our enemies if we all fought the same we would be very predictable wouldn't we. May Amot bless us with Peace this evening."

"Well I suppose we shall all see once we do see battle," she smiled, setting her bowl off to the side. "Combat is kind of like a dance, being able to predict your partner's moves and adjusting accordingly." With a grin, she stood up and stretched.

 Elandra smiled and replied to Tyri," Yes we will that is for sure." After she set her bowl aside , when she compared combat to a dance Elandra agreed she was correct, she would say," Yes very true but a deadly dance, don't worry Amot has granted me healing abilities for all us." Elandra smiled and almost dropped her bowl when Tyri stood up and stretched in front of her, her body was amazing and Elandra sat there stunned for a second.

  Kree stood  and took his  bowl to the washer  woman, but surprised her  By helping her  wash  what bowls and Mugs she  had there.

  Boril  frowns,whatca  doin' ye pointed eared twig... Its  her Bleedin  job!

  Kree  just looked over his  shoudle r and   handed  the washed   items  for her to dry and  then grabbed more.

 Ivy  points  with his  spoon, shaking it a bit  at Kree,..now you see?..I sued to think he did that to get  some   maid ..or matron to find a warm spot for him to sleep.... but?.. he..really..does not mind helping out  folks  who have to do the 'lesser  things'.....so?..let  him go...

 The Dwarf  frowns,..he's gonna spoil folks , is what he's gonna do!

 Kree calls over  his  shoulder,....My people?  get some rest for tomorrow... Me , Ivy and Krwyn will take turns at watch, we  leave when the   sun peeks  over those  trees...

"What if I wanted to...entertain myself in another way?" she gave Kree and innocent look before picking up her bowl and will take Elandra's if she is done and hand them over to Kree.

  Kree looked at her then went back to the bowls,..then keep your sounds   low, or else everyone will want some...

 The washer  Woman's  eyes got big at the elf's retort.

Tyri couldn't help but laugh. "Oh darling...I take it one needs to be more blunt with you," she threw him a wink and danced off.

 Elandra watched and handed her empty bowl to Tyri, she smiled and giggled at her comment about entertaining herself in other ways. Elandra felt a warmth inside her but fought it back. Elandra was taken back a little with Kree's response, then Tyri said she had to be more blunt and Elandra knew exactly what she meant and Elandrs giggled as she got her stuff together and went to get some rest.

Tyri moved to a spot where she could dance in some moonlight. She didn’t need any music, dancing to that which resided deep within her. She would invite any to join her if they so wished but other than that, she continued on for a bit until it was time to turn in.

 Elandra folded her vestments and then went to lay down when she saw Tyri dancing, she watched her and wanted to get up and dance but that would mean taking off her armor and if they where jumped that could be bad. She laid there smiling at Tyri and watching her moves to see if she could do those another time when they get to a town she would try to dance. As she saw Tyri getting ready for sleep she would say," You dance incredible it was amazing, good night may Peace be with you."

  During the Night, the  slinet forms of Krwyn, Ivy  and Kree  would   take thier   turns moving   around the outside of the   wagon's  shelter..The Night  wind  was a bit   coller, the   wagons  Blocked   the   wind  a bit  as   canvas  was  dropped   down to the  ground , while  over  canvas   hung  over the     tha  tops of the   fire  areas, making the   wagons ' tent like'

 Ivy  took the first watch, then Krywn... Kree, as was his wont, took from deep night  until the sun crawled  out of the trees to the  west.

  riders in  groups   of   4  road   past a few times.. well out of bowshot  ranger, and  seemign in a hurry., not bothering to stop  for a rest  =or ask for  food.