Episode 01

Summary

• Marlowe Fairwind received royal orders from King Emeris to escort a sealed package from Auremarch to Hush.
• Garrick Reed, Khari Nix, and Varian Soto joined Marlowe as escorts for the road through Sablewood Forest.
• On the forest road, the group found an overturned merchant cart and a dead merchant from Auremarch.
• A family of strixwolves was feeding nearby, but Varian Soto calmed the creatures and they withdrew without a fight.
• Evidence at the scene suggested the merchant had been killed by armed attackers rather than by the strixwolves.
• Farther along the road, the group discovered a trap and fought off an ambush by Thistlefolk raiders.
• After the fight, the group found the merchant’s missing pendant and a note that suggested the raiders had brought younger members with them to learn.

Ongoing Threads

• The sealed package is still bound for Whitefire Arcanist in Hush.
• The reasons behind the Thistlefolk raids remain unclear.

Reference

Episode 01