With the Ogre dead, the Lemmings had a bit of time to scout the area. They found tracks of an indeterminate creature that might have been the one the woodsmen told them about. This looked like a chance for more loot and to make the place safer, so they would win on all counts if they could find the creature. With time on their hands, Sir Thiebault went foraging for herbs and returned with a dose of Ironshield Root. Lysanthir did his own exploring but returned with nothing to show for it. Wido drank some of the party's tonic and felt considerably better but still wondered why there were three Lysanthirs. The rest of the party tried to find where the mysterious creature might have its lair.. They followed the trail and were soon certain that the creature's lair must be upstream of their current location in the foothills towards the head of the river (Monster Lair added in 1205). With their packs bulging with loot and Wido badly wounded, the Lemmings decided to head back to Haitabu to sell their gear and leave Wido in relative safety to heal.
As the party packed up, the weather that had been glorious suddenly turned and their path became a quagmire of mud and treacherous potholes full of water. Fortunately, Sir Thiebault was able to find the way through the weather and the Lemmings were soon ensconced in The Dragon and Flagon in Haitabu, where the owner was "delighted" to see them. This turned to actual pleasure when she realised that the Lemmings had actual gold to buy their beer with. She became positively chatty and told them that a caravan had recently come with ale from Elsfjord Kloster. On their journey, the caravan had got a bit lost in the recent fogs that had plagued the land and had noticed something strange just west of Elsfjord. The merchants were not sure precisely what it was, but it worried them. Clearly this would be worth investigating when Wido was healed (Unexplored Location added in 1211).
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