The first leg of the journey past rather uneventfully. The creatures, and peoples, of the Barrens kept their distance and the party could relax. When they stopped for the night, the adventurers started chatting amongst themselves. Brim, still offended that Thorren had chosen Stormstout Brew over Lightbrew, challenged the Tauren to an armwrestling contest. If Thorren won, Brim wouldn't bother him about the Lightbrew again. If Brim won, Thorren would trade his Stormstout in for Lightbrew. The dwarf struggled nobly, but was no mach for the power of the Tauren.
A bit more conversation, including planning the watch rotation, and the group bedded down for the night. Brim and Zulfi'shi took first watch.
Ash, the faerie dragon companion of Yshara, flew off investigating. Not long later Ash returned, clearly alarmed. He woke Yshara, and in turn everyone else, and set out to kead his mistress back to what he'd found. The others quickly followed.
Parker and Thorren quickly covered the distance of Yshara's lead and the trio discovered an Orcish farm surrounded by raptors. Atop the farm was an one-armed Orc farmer, clearly being hunted by the raptors.
Further back, Etiainen tripped Zulfi'shi, drastically slowing the Witch Doctor. At the farm, Thorren's sharp eyes revealed young raptors eating the farmer's pigs. Having just arrived and trying to see, Zulfi'shi summoned ghost lights, appearing as skeletal figures. These glowing apparitions reminded Urist of the Scourge and he turned to head back to the caravan and rally reinforcements.
Thorren's air elemental, Nilc'hi, moved to open the gate to the pigs' pen. The startled young raptors moved to flee. Etiainen and Zulfi'shi fired elemental and magical force into the raptors, but it was Parker, at Brim's call, and Yshara, in bear form, who waded in and dealt heavy damage to the raptors. The farmer called down that his children were inside and threatened by more raptors. Thorren plunged into the building.
As Brim, Parker, Yshara, Zulfi'shi, and Etiainen tore into the raptors outside, the sounds of Urist and the caravan guards nearing grew increasingly apparent. The raptors fled before Thorren could find the children, but they ended up being safe.
The farmer thanked the group for saving his family. Urist's force arrived and began to search for the Scourge. Zulfi'shi explained that what Urist had seen was her magic, not actual Undead and everyone calmed. A plan to find the raptors was formulated, at nearly the same time everyone realized the caravan was completely unguarded, save for Fhreyd.
Brim and Yshara set out to hunt the raptors while everyone else rushed to the caravan. Most of the goods were missing. One of the guards found tge rogue and accused him of having stolen then, but Fhreyd replied that he'd seen Quillboar taking them and scattering.
Etiainen and Thorren spotted tracks which lent strength to Fhreyd's story, but with Brim and Yshara still after the raptors they'd have to wait. It wasn't long, though. The raptors had vanished and tge pair returned to camp. Brim immediately agreed to track the Quillboar.
As Etiainen and Brim led the way following the tracks, the party set to some arguing. Zulfi'shi insulted Etiainen and then questioned Urist. Brim defended his brother as Thorren chastized Etiainen for not giving the others a chance, angering his apprentice.
After some walking, the group arrived at Razor Fen Downs, home of the nearest Quillboar clan. Once there, the Quillboar threatened the team and claimed rights over the stolen, and unguarded, goods. Yshara used her memories of Agamaggon to get the Quillboar to hear the party out and Thorren, Yshara, and Brim spoke at length to convince the Quillboar that handing over the goods might be in their best interests.
All of this discussion convinces the Quillboar to allow the adventurerers to speak with their chieftess, named Negara. In that conversation, Thorren advocated for the Quillboar to petition to join the newly forming League of Kalimdor. His suggestion is that the Quillboar cede control of the Gold Road, and defend against attacks upon it, in return for status as a member of the League and protection of the territorial boarders around their Razor Fens.
Negara questions Thorren's ability to convince his superiors of this agreement, but also recognized that as a Tauren and a member of the Earthen Ring, Thorren would stand by his word. Negara had her shamans summon up an earth elemental to make the agreement binding, with the added caveat that Thorren return to defend the Quillboar's territory should the League rebuff the Quillboar's offer.
Etiainen, still irritated with her team and Thorren, set out back to camp to let the caravan guards know that the Quillboar would be returning the stolen supplies. Thorren noticed her departure and sent his air elemental ally, Nilch'i, to follow her. The rest of the party dispersed to converse with the Quillboar, rest, and load the carts for return to the caravan.
Yshara gathered a large pack of young Quillboar, whom she regaled with stories of Agamaggon and his role in the War of the Ancients. The Lightbrew brothers introduced their ale to the Quillboar, who loved it. This led the Quillboar to ask Thorren to leave them behind, but yhe Tauren said he still needed Brim and Urist.
Thorren was also told of a Scourge take over of Razor Fen Downs, leading to Urist being called in. The Dwarf Paladin suggested that he needed to inform Orgrimmar and call back a large army to stage an attack on the infected Razor Fen. Meanwhile, Fhreyd, had heard of the Quillboar interest in Brim and Urist and had begun plotting a way to both irritate the Dwarves and placate the Quillboar...
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