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In which...
1. I almost die fleeing goblins,
2. Almost starve to death and lose all my companions,
3. Find the ruins of Pelgar.
4. My horse gets sick and dies.
5. I Recover in Tulith.
Oh yeah, I remember being lost in these mountains before..
We stumble across the fortified tower keep of a Goblin King. The area is swarming with hundreds of Goblins. We should escape, but a band of Goblins has already seen us. They charge forward with screams and howls.
We flee down the mountainside into the flatlands. A small goblin party lead by a large hobgoblin follows us.
We make our stand.
We take out the hobgoblin first and then, nearly beaten unconscious, we finally take out the last of the goblins who all decided to stay and fight to the death.
We find 9 pieces of gold between them all. Little reward for almost losing our lives.
Even in my weakened state after fighting, I can carry more food than my small dwarf companions, so I go out and get us some food. Much less than we eat, unfortunately.
Despite the dangers of the goblin king, and the angered priests of Zhor, I think we still must continue around the mountains of Zhor to the south.
At the end of the day, after eating, I drink the potion I found on the wizard, and my wounds all magically heal.
Progress blocked by another band of goblins. Spend the day hiding out.
Go out hunting and bring back only enough for us all to eat. We are out of food.
Find the trailhead of the North Pass. We will follow it past Zhor and onward.
Find enough food for us all to eat and have some left over. I'll feel much better if we can start to build a little bit of a reserve.
On the north road. Food is scarce. I feed my dwarfs and go without food myself.
We will stay here instead of moving on to hunt more game. We'll be of no use if we're all starving.
Spend all day hunting. Again, find enough for my dwarfs but not for me. Starting to feel faint with hunger. We go on. Can't afford to stay here
Spend the day on the road. No food. Two of my dwarfs desest, including the stout warrior. Three remain.
We skirt past the temple. No bad signs from that direction fortunately.
Find enough food to feed two of my dwarfs. The third and myself go hungry. Starting to feel very weak from hunger.
Left the North Pass and entered the mountains. No food here. Everybody goes hungry.
My three dwarfs stay though starving. Their loyalty is surprising, as they only originally joined me for pay. Perhaps they merely have nowhere else to go.
Down the mountains and into the hills. Find enough food for one. Feed one of the dwarfs and the other two leave.
We press on. The Ruins of Pelgar are meant to be just on the other side of this next mountain ridge.
Into the mountains. No food here. The last of my dwarfs has left me. I am alone again and can barely move, so hungry am I.
Lost in the mountains.
Now that I'm on my own, I can ride my horse instead of leading it. Hopefully I can make up for lost time now.
Emerge into the hills and into the ruins of Pelgar.
I spend the entire day fruitlessly searching the ruins and find nothing.
It was all for nothing.
Still no food
Riding along the South Pass I am ambushed by three bandits.
They attack and wound me severely. I am far too weak to fight, and flee into the mountains, barely escaping with my life.
Riding along the South Pass into the hills. Too weak to even look for food at this point.
Emerge from the hills. The town of Tulith is ahead. I hope I can make it.
Stopped by heavy rains outside Tulith. The cold penetrates my bones and I catch cold.
The rains continue. My faithful horse catches pnemonia and dies.
Outside Tulith I meet a fugitive Priest who begs to join me, little protection I could offer him in my state. He gives me half of his wealth in gratitude (12 gold) and offers to act as a guide.
The priest refuses to enter Tulith, insists he wait outside the town. Odd fellow.
I pay for room and board, and eat and eat and eat and eat.
I spend the next week recovering my strength
A traveling caravan arrives in town. I go to see it, and meet a friendly merchant. My opinion of him sours when I catch him trying to swindle me out of 10 gold. I leave and go back to my room.
I discover cheaper lodging and food. I move into a room at another inn that costs half as much.
I discover the residence of a local magician. I call on him and he insists that I stay the night and tell him of my travels. I ask if he will join me, but he is not interested. He does give me a healing potion for my travels though, for which I am very grateful. I was saved by one already once, after defeating the goblin hoard.
I will need to leave Tulith now. I fear I have already staid too long.
I think I must go north from here to Huldra Castle. Should take a few days now that I'm on foot.
I miss my horse.