Ronin was a little startled at the reaction the boy with the staff had at the news. He must have known one of the people she mentioned.
Baker’s. His cellar.” The girl said, she mentioned someone named Argurios before starting to leave leaving. She stopped for a moment, saying over her shoulder “I’ve never seen a knight here. And everyone is gone now.” Then she left.
Ronin’s heart sank, he wasn’t here. ‘Where is he? What do I do now?’ He remembered what Sir Erikson had told him. Get supplies, head to Loudwater then Waterdeep and tell them everything. But there were survivors now, he hadn’t told him what to do if there were other people.
‘Should I still leave?’ He thought. ‘No, I should see if their willing to come with me, they’re not safe here. But won’t they slow me down? I need to get back quickly so I can get help to find Sir Erikson.’ Ronin shook his head. ‘No, I need to help these people.’
“Here, I’ll help you open the gate.” The elfish boy offered.
“Oh ya, thanks.” Ronin had almost forgotten that the boy was there. They removed the blocking beam from the gate and opened it. Ronin led Amorachus through the gate and help close and bar the gate again. Ronin took a few minutes to check Amorachus saddle bags.
There wasn’t much left in the way of rations, enough to last four days for one person. They’d need more if they were going to need a lot more unless they managed to find enough horses to carry supplies for everyone, otherwise the journey to Loudwater could take days longer if they were forced to look for food or water. Plus they would be much safer being able to run from danger on horseback.
He didn’t find much else in the bags, another map, a few torches, a flint and steel and the letter Sir Erikson had received from Grothby. He’d packed light. The girl had mentioned a bakery and that others were there, he was going to need to talk to these people and the bakery would be a good place to find supplies. Ronin grabbed Amorachus’ reins and led him in the direction that the boy with the staff had run. He arrived about the same time as the girl. Ronin found the bag-laden goat an odd sight. She spoke.
“I copied down the words on the wall. I don’t know what language they are in, but I think they are important. Like Thovren’s letter. Something to do with this place, with what happened here. I’m going to try and find out. I need more information though, and someone who can read this writing. Or if I can find more of it maybe I can figure it out.”
She looked to Ronin.
”You came from Llorkh right? I’m going to head that direction.”
She was talking to the group once again.
“I think it’s the best hope. Maybe I can find more clues. But I have to at least try and find out what happened to Autry and, well maybe I can bring her killer to justice. I don’t’ know. I just know I have to try. Could you maybe help me open the gate? I want to get far away from the moor before dark.”
“Well if you’re looking for clues, Llorkh would be the place to find them. What ever happened here, happened there too.” Ronin said. “I’m going to be heading for Waterdeep to bring help. I’d hope you could follow me there, or at least to Loudwater where you’d be safe.”
Ronin turned to the others. “We’re going to need supplies for the trip and I doubt there’s going to be much between here and Loudwater. We’re going to need horses or, uh, pack animals.” He gestured to the girls pack goat. “We can’t take too long gathering things if we’re going to be out of the Moore before night falls.”
Ronin nodded to the girl, glad she knew something about traveling. Last thing they wanted was to get stuck in the Moore at night. Gods only knew what monstrosities were out there.