After camping in the safer
zone with Neeg, a goblin ally it seems, also friend of a one called the
Wood Watcher. Who I take it is some kind of forest man, a ranger
prehaps, we slept. The morning came quickly as the party discussed
there next actions. Hunt down the old man, who is haunting these
woods, or make our way to the goblin village. The connection of the
old man and the goblins did not come to me even now.
They decided to find
the old man. They packed up and left searching the trail. Swifthawk
has already gone to scout out ahead. Not very wise in my mind, but
he is the silent one or so he thinks. The party finally noticed that
Swifthawk seemed missing. I thought prehaps we was shadowing us or
somewhere near, just to hidden an quiet for us to know. A yelp told
me different.
As the party made it
to the scream, we saw Swift, puking and smelling terribly. He had
encountered an undead skunk, one of the worst of the undead kind in these
forests, I would have to imagine. Swifhawk made quick work of the
smelly creature before we arrived. Carlessly we stood around making
noise, and attracting a large moose, which charged in and almost killed
swift, if it were not for the healing hands of Mithramir. Eventually
we were able to kill it, but not with out starting a fire. Sentagur
put the fire out, on his own at first. For the party believed if
they let it burn it would solve the problems, killing the old man, and
most likely the goblins. We made our way very loudly to a clearing
of some sorts where we figured we would be safe. (these
are the events how I saw them in my distracted mind at the time, they my
not be as they happened) The party, freezing and smelling
of skunk wanted to clean up. Using snow, and stripping down, was
the method some choose. Others excepted there nasty smell.
Almost to the point of frost bite, Sklyla behind a towel held by Jaden,
things didn't seem like they could get any worse.
Suddenly two squirrels,
undead of course, can out of the bushes followed by other creatures, undead
as well. A battle stirred, a battle which was directed to the old
man when he appeared. Arrows bounched off his body to Marr's surprise.
The undead creatures smashed into the ranks of the hero's. While
Skye dressed to join the battle. Launching her Magic Missiles at
the old man. They seemed to penetrate his armor angering him.
Sending a wolf and racoon Skye's way. The second Magic Missile attack
killed the man. Sent fought hard against some undead creatures as
his foot was badly injured by swifthawk and Marr who tried to help him.
Sklyla was almost dead at this point, sacraficing herself to kill the old
man. Meanwhile Marr searched the old man, or so it seemed in my mind.
It was then that the gods finally aided us, for the Wood Watcher and Neeg
arrived on scene saving Skye and aiding us to destroy the rest of the foes.
Marr set the old man on fire for reasons unknown. He also set the
forest on fire again. Idiot I thought, but who knows why he did it,
prehaps he had a good reason...