Vogg looked at kree as Tyri bounced away,..She Dinna Know I was  talk 'boot the young Commander...

Hobbin   frowns,..Twas not  nice to  Say, beard-face...

 Twas  True...

 Mayhaps?.. , but  that does  not make it nice!

 Kree  Gives   Barin  a whack on teh shoudler,.Take care... sail safely...

  Kree waits for the  2nd  boat with those who are  left. Hooka lands  behind  him and Gives him a Nudge.

 Ahh,,  ye smokey filled  beastie. You did  well with the  attack, saved lots of good folks  lives.. You take care of  Mik , and we shall see  you next our  paths cross..

   The  Head drooped  down.

 I cannot  take you and Leave Mik alone.. I cannot take  Mik where  we are going...You take  care of the Lad, he loves you like no other...

 Mik  came  runnign over to say good bye  to all the Arrows. Kree Gives him a  throwign  dagger from  his back fan..Its  share.. care for it well, practice   with it.. I want to see how  you throw  when we come back to The Mound...

 The  kid grinned, Hooka still looked  said , the elf   climbed down into the  boat  , when the last arrows   were in, the crew rowed to the  Soggy Hammer.

"She probably wouldn't say no," Riven said as she passed by the young commander and the dwarf, following after Kree. Once in the boat, Riven settled in her spot, looking out over the water.

 Elandra smiles at Mik, and rubs Hooka on her head and then said to both of them," It has been a pleasure meeting you both, and May Peace be with you until we meet again."

 Elandra then got into the launch and took a seat for their journey to the Soggy Hammer.

   Vogg gets the sloop moving....Ye Know?  The Younin' is a fair had  with a Blade. might have been better to  take his  ship?

  Kree   smiles a bit,and you are a fair  hand with a Crossbow... if  you  crew has to go to Blades?.. My crew will be in dire straits. You skill in gettign agents  to  shore  in teh night is needed more then folks who seek to go ship to ship. Do you still carry  Tar, for  weapon's  use?

 Aye,  Reedrick made sure  any  ship that flies  an Arrow Banner, kin  toss them sticky burnin' balls... we took down a brig  Last month with those.. towed it into  the  city... only got have the prize money 'cause it was  burned a bit, But they almost have her   ready to leave the ship yards for the crown..

Lysander followed the rest to the boat.  He enjoyed the playful banter of the others.

 Vogg was on his smaller  quarter deck.  He  says out loud Ye know, we could  go up the Alt  River an' drop ya? and you could  go up or down the  trail as you need.

 we could  do that?  , But that means the  people at Olant get to live...

Vogg nods...we got about  4  -6  days  'til Olant...3  days with  fair winds....

Riven looked to Vogg and then back to Kree. “Might be fun to travel with more companions…” she gave a shrug with an unseen smirk. In all honesty, she didn’t care either way. If they had a moment to relax, then she would relax...if they had to fight, she would be there with an arrow nocked...

 (( moving  time up a bit here see map for 'hereabouts))

   The   crew  and the Arrows  had an easier  time of Mingling , since they were all Arrows.

   Vogg called   Kree  forward  and Pointed.. Ye See, ta the starboard side, the Mouth of the Alt, spillin' inta the Storm,  I'm  Givin' ye another chance to  change your mind,  we kin driop ye  anywhere on  either side of the Alt,  or  let you disembark  at the  ferry on either side of the  Furmans Chain

 It would save  us  time, in getting to Yad  and the  end part of  our task. But Olant is there... and some folk there needs, be  , Dealt with.

  Right Then... we'll keep sailin'  down rivers.. we have some  Good  from Tou that were..um..Liberated  when  some of the  other  Arrows ambushed a caravan,, they's  supposed to be goods, but there was some slave in the  wagons.no direct ties to tou..they was   smart enough not to wear colors..but they was Tou right enough. How ye  wanna do this?

 we pull in, you get your goods  sold like  any other merchant man..or pirate.. You  signed us  as guards , cause you heard  of Pirates lurking...which? will not be  a falsehood. me  go off  to  Town  and do what needs be done, then start our way up The Chain. If you are in no hurry to get back, you can wait for us  at Thur and we can send a report back with you

  The Dwarf  nods,your  Call, Cap'n.. wishin' i was goin'  wit your  to smash slaver heads...

 when you are in port?.. beware... you may have to  do, just that!

 the Next Night,  the  ship could see  glowing  off in the distance..they were making   good time as they had  rounded the Bend  early in the Day , heading down River...

It seemed darker   way down the river.. the Karth Swamp  almost pitch black with   'ghost lights' seen now and again, and the Roars of  Forest Runners..barely heard...but  would soon grow  louder  over the next day as they neared the  swap. On the  starboard side of the ship another Light  glowed.. The   small city of Olant... 'free city'..were all manner of   goods, both dark  and  lawful could be had, for the right price..or  taken  with a strang arm  and a blade.

Lysander looked with interest at Olant.  He had some items he needed to consider purchasing.

Tyri watches the lights, a wistful glint in her eyes, not necessarily to go into the city but more that she just thought the sight was pretty if anything. As much as she wanted to bother Ivy, she kept her distance since he was most likely helping Kree out. If she wasn’t off daydreaming, she was dancing, going through different movements as she mentally composed her ‘prayer’ to the Sisters.

 Elandra watched and learned and paid attention as they traveled into the night, she said a prayer to Amot for their save passage and that Peace will always be with us. She then saw the lights of Olant and wondered what type of trouble they where going to get into or cause when we get there.

Riven looked out, ever watchful of Kree and the others.

  We will be docking in  about an hour, , Get your  gear together . There is a very good chance  we will have a fight or  two on our hands, but  be wise... we have one target, are the rest are  just trimmings for the goose.

 Ivy   came  down the Ratlines,pulled up his   hood  as he  put his pack over  his   cloak

  Kree   stood  at the Bow watching the ships, a Three masted frigate was casting off to sail  down  rives  as men in  smaller  boats , helped  push it  to face that direction. The Flag on the ship  was from a  City , lesser known to those her in the North..

 I'd bet there were Slaves on that ship

 .... I would sasy you are  right. We cannot check, We have  bigger fish to fry , this time about. I supposed it is the balence... we saved those  on the  Shackled Maiden, but had we  sailed through,  we might have saved them...Reedrick's   words are true, no matter   how much they sting. We cannot save everyone..

Standing and stretching, Vilmund grabs his gear and, stretching his shoulders and back. he gets ready to dis-embark and ...... whatever comes will come.

Lysander gets himself battle-ready, but brings some coin  with him,  just in case he gets the chance to shop.

Tyri grabbed her gear, readying herself for the next part of this adventure, clearly excited to see the lands.

Krwyn takes his gear and makes sure his weapons are ready for use.

 Elandra gathers her gear, and makes sure she is ready for a fight her combat spells and healing are ready to go. As she stands to disembark sh says," May Amot grant us Peace here and may the Sisters smile on us, May Peace be with everyone tonight except our enemies."

 The  ship  glides   towards  the   Olant  Docks. Thorches and Lanterns Burn to Light the   docks, a few magic Globes places here and there for the same purpose.

 Of Course the  Light  draws   serpents , as  can be seen   from  swirls in the  water,  or clashes  in the river between  some serpents that  caught  a hapless   animals  tryign to swim, or perhaps  another  serpent that was   wounded by it  last meal.

 a small , one sail  boat  with a  Dozen of  so  sailors  in  draw near..

 Hail! The Ship!,,, Name of Ship and Purpose!

  Vogg shouts back, We be the Soggy Hammer, from  Ironmound, got  some goods  fer  sellin' and might be  buyin' if  yer  Slit trench of a town has  any goods  fer  honest folk to buy!

 The    Speaker from the boat  calls back,Right.. then ye  take the Firest berthin' then we don't  want Ironmound  types  tying up Docks fer   folk who  like to deal with us..

 sounds  goo d enough   fer me...


 The   Skiff  truns  away , heading back  down the line  a man with a  torch  waved  to  Vogg's  Ship  to a  rickety  dock  nearest to them, a good  30 yards  from the  main wharf.

 Vogg had the ship brought about  so it  would be  facing up river.  before  anchor.

 LInes  were   cast   and the ship secured, a very broad  Gang plank  lean up from the  wharf to the   ship and was secured. Two  rough looking Men came up the Ramp , stoppign at the edge. Vogg met them.

 eh there Cap'm  I have a crew of  6 men.. they can  unload or   help ye  unload.. they have a market area from 'outsider' goods.... what ye  don't  sell,  the  City will but  at  1/4 yer askin' price, so's ya don't go home empty handed

  How Much?

 1 gold  5 , fer  each man.. and we got 6...

 1 gold....

 1 gold  ,4....

 1 gold , 1 and  i toss a keg of  Trok Ale  fer yer people...

 The Man grins  and  overs  his  wrist  to be grasped.Done!

  yer men get  the goods ta market   so's they can start  sellin'  first light? an' i toss in another  silver each,

 The Man grinned , Whistled  to the others and the men  got up from their lean-tos   and moved to  start.

  Flax  and  Ginna will go   man the    market space to deal witht he coin and such.. dunno  get them hurt or allow them ta be hurt, , it won't be good  fer ye...

The Fellow  looked at  Vogg evenly....you think your sailors   can take us ?

 ayte?  But they woudna  be on this ship if i wasn't sure...now.. they  ain't who you have to  worry about.. its me   mercs..

 Kree  with his hood  up, only his   nose  and  chin visable in the torch lights, Ran into a frigate from  Vestes... the other ship with us, is taking it back to Ironmound as  a prize...there are not  any vestes Marines  alive...if there are any, they are whishing they were not...we had to earn our  coin on the wat down to the  Dung hole... do not  test us....


 He Truns to Vogg,we are going into town, we will meet you  where we agreed...

 Vogg and kree grassp wrists  , he walks  down  the ramp, not caring if he bumped into a dock workers nor not  as he walked straight  down the     planks.

 Ivy grins , though he has his hood up as well.....do not mind him too much, he gets  testy when he has not kill a human for   a few hours....   Kree  waits to make certain the Arrows   are coming  down the  ramp   so they can travel up the muddy path to the  docks  and the 'dockside market place"

Lysander follows Kree.  He is unknown in these parts, so has no fear of showing his face, especially given that he want to be able to see all around him, both from the perspective of seeing a new town, and from the thought of knowing where any threat may come from.

 Elandra was also new to this area and did not mind showing her face as well. Elandra followed Kree nodded to Vogg and said to all who could hear," Good evening all, and May Peace always be with you." She then followed Kree and the others.

Krwyn falls in step with Kree and Ivy at the side opposite Lysander, in an aptly named arrow-formation.

Falling into step he follows the group, ever the watchful eye confident of his footing as he moves.

  Striding up the  Hill, several  guards  in Leathers   wearing the  Mark of Olant on thier  chest..( a stylized  'O' over tope a Gold coin ) They   checked out the  Arrows, some lingered on the females, a Gruff old   fellow  sitting on a  crate , a bit  sword strapped to his back..

 ..You there!..don't  want no trouble from you, this town has laws...

 Kree  stopped  truned and Tilted His head, then began to laugh  as if he saw anew comedy at the Palace.....Thank you!, That is  the best Joke I have heard on weeks!

 Ivy and Kree continue down the  path the  the gates of the town,,  one of the younger men  went to  follow, the older  fellow   stopped him with an out stretched  arm, Chew on  some odd fuit from down south, the older fellow  just said,we'll see how  make of a jest they think  it is, if they get arrested.

...............

 >>>>>>>> arrows  to Olant thread.