Rescue

6/5/2016

It has been five weeks since the scouting party was captured. Since then, they have been starved, denied sleep, and tortured both physically and psychologically. Now only two of the original four still live, Kaszuk and Raptor, in addition to Fenrir the wolf. On this afternoon Palara's second, Hew, has arrived at her tent. A contingent of giants has gathered at the border of Wryarq Bog and is demanding an audience with Palara. The two flew off to meet with the giants.

Once they were out of sight, and the guard had passed, a note was thrown at Kaszuk. Their freedom was imminent. An arrow was fired from the woods behind Kaszuk and into the distance, drawing the attention of the patrol. Galadurk emerged from the brush wearing a suit of foliage. Quickly he severed their binds and, at Kaszuk's instructions, freed Fenrir as well. Galadurk gave cloaks of leaves to the two escapees and the four fled into the swamp.

Kaszuk lead them to the same tunnels he used to escape during the initial attack. When the reached the other end, the two men collapsed with exhaustion. After eating the first full meal they'd had in weeks they had to break the news to Garadurk. That his sister and brother had died while being tortured by the harpies. Garadurk did his best to push the thoughts out of his mind and focus on the task at hand.

Only one harpy scouting party was spotted during their escape. The three men hid under the leafy cloaks and remained still until they had passed. Kaszuk, however, was terrified. When the patrol had passed over he was too frightened to lift his head again. The fear of being caught again overwhelmed him. Once they resumed travel he remained twitchy and nervous for hours.

A few days travel lead them to the Trifid River. The riverbank was populated by Faraac vessels. They decided to avoid the confrontation entirely and travel south along the river. Returning to Qor'rok'tar was of utmost importance.