No while at the Safehaven I had the good fortune of getting to know the staff and had been making a few of my artistic craft skills known as well as devoting a bit of my time to my exotic pursuits. Perhaps that was why I totally missed the very band of adventures that I was supposed to have been looking for the entire time. So suffice to say it actually came as quite the surprise to me when I was approached by a human name Arrol who I deduced to be a Rogue told me that he had heard that I was a Cartographer and that they sought adventure and could use my assistance with a map.
It took me a few moments as he brought me before his group and if it had not been for Invelous and Niam in the midst I might have not even recognized them. I of course thought of my sister and the many games we use to always play with our coins as I realized I was about to head out into the world of grand adventure and mischief. I really would not have mattered on what side that coin had landed and only if it had landed on its end therefore being neither heads nor tails would I have considered it a bad omen and withdrew from the mission laid out for me. As it was they planned to head out into the woods and seek out the lair of Elven Wizard Rogue who no doubt I would wager shared the same Patron as I no doubt so I figured at least if nothing else it would prove to be interesting.
So it came to pass that I reluctantly joined up with a mysterious band of adventures that actually barely resembled the group that had originally peaked my interest. Such is life I suppose and as I of course realized that a long life can indeed be random I figured why not no one lives forever. Don’t get me wrong I actually do plan to live forever but it’s unlikely that all of the companions I may associate myself with over the centuries I plan to live will survive so why get attached right and live for the moment.
Well the member of the group who seemed to be calling the shots as it were was a Human Priest of Mystra named Donavan he seemed typical of most human who had gained power. Let us just say he seemed more than a little arrogant and overbearing and for the record seemed to be the most insidious Priest who professed to stand for good that I had ever met. His right hand man a loyal enforcer was the stoic but slippery human Fighter known as Falcon. Next was the emotional yet courageous Dwarven female Warrior known simply as Bolora. Oddly the male Wild Elf immoral Ranger Niam to whom I had been told about was also still with them. Finally there was the figure for I had been actually eager to meet in the flesh the mysterious yet insidious Rogue Invelous. Well I had sought excitement and something to occupy my time besides just coping and reviewing information and it had just landed in my lap.
Did I mention that I was bisexual well perhaps not and while If give the choice I preferred women given the choice I was not one to turn down and attractive male or for that matter let either sex know how I felt about them if given the chance. I realized early on that the group that I had just joined was going to be a boring one indeed for it seemed that now of the males shared my liberated point of view regarding the sexes. Shall we say torture with a capital T. Really all I was supposedly to do was map a maze of an Elven Wizard/Rogue and participate and I was assured a full share of any treasure gained during what I was calling a scouting expedition which was of course a bonus. For the record what kind of choice did I really have go with them and have a chance to grow in power and experience or stay put and be obligated to report to back to the EI.
So not really difficult math actually and we soon departed Waterdeep and headed South for the Ardeep Forest. During the first day of our journey I really just spend my time observing my new companions. From what I could tell the only one who seemed truly at home on the road was actually the one person who I would not have doubted and that was the Ranger Niam. All went well and soon night came and we set up watches with basically three watches of four hours each. Now since I only needed four hours of rest unless I needed to restore my magic I found it quite interesting to note that the Human Arrol found did not seem to need the sleep that a Human should normally need. At the time I figured he must have been in possession of a Ring of Sustenance or something similar. Of course what was odd was that Arrol left the camp at night and returned before morning. Now was actually peculiar was that we did not hear the animals of the forest.
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