Geode Fe

We packed up at dawn and returned to the road for the forest. I wonder what these mushrooms taste like. They have got to be good if we are traveling all this way for just a couple of them.

We make half a day before we notice smoke back towards the direction we came from. It appeared to be from on the farms we had seen from the road. We decide to see if we can offer a hand in putting out the fire, so we hurry to the location of the fire.

We could not believe what we came upon. The farmhouse was on fire. A quick search around the house showed nobody living in the house. There where a few wolf bodies in the building. Bailey went charging in the front door. I had to drag him back outside before he killed himself.

Cal and Elva where attending to Bailey. So I went around to the barn to see if there was anybody around. I just about walked in on 4 wolves eating a sheep in the middle of the barn. I drew and fired on the closest wolf and slammed the door shut. Cal came up to the barn door and opened the door and went in with Bailey right behind him to attack the wolves. I ran around to the back of the barn as I couldn't shoot with them in between me and the wolves.

Cal and I where doing a good job of taking care of the wolves when Bailey caught up with his cross bow and shot at one of the wolves. I saw shot at and not shot because, well, he hit Cal in the calf.

This gave the wolves an upper hand, and if Elva hadn't showed up about the same time a wolf had Bailey by the arm, those two may have been lost. She cast some spell causing the wolves to go into convulsions, and Cal and I managed to finish them off even with his bum leg.

While Cal and Bailey where busy fixing themselves up, I searched the barn and found a little girl up in the hay mound. I handed her down to Elva. The little girl calmed down under Elva's care.

I did a quick search around the perimeter of the property looking for more threats. Upon finding none, and the house fire dieing down, I did a quick search of the house. There where several human bodies and several wolf bodies.

An evening storm was fast approaching so we decided to bunk down in the barn for the night. We weren't in much condition to travel anyway. I brought the horse and cart into the barn for the night.

We had a restful night sleep. In the morning Bailey and I buried the 6 bodies we found in the house. It had been decided to see if the farm we had seen a few miles away knew this family, and would take the little girl in. The trip to the neighboring farm was uneventful. I think the little girl was in complete shock from loosing her family. When we arrived, the neighbors where just finishing up digging a small grave. They had also been attacked by wolves, and lost their youngest boy. They where quite shaken that the other farm had been essentially wiped out save this little girl. They agreed to take her in as she was the same age as the boy they had just lost. We left the few valuables we found for the little girl in their care.

We had an uneventful journey back to the road. Save a single farmers cart, we saw nobody else on the road the rest of the day.