Adventure Thread - Atarin's Delve

The group finally sees the shore. The sun is low in the sky as you look upon the campsite nearby. There are two large white canvas tents, a table with some stools around it, a few crates and barrels, and a large firepit.

There are no signs of movement - no one is there, unless they are in the tents. What is more troubling, however, is that there is all sorts of clothing and supplies strewn about the beach, and the firepit is unlit. Normally, one would have a fire roaring by this time in the day for cooking, warmth and security.

Beyond the camp, along the shore to your right hand side, the cliffs rise high into the air. From this distance you think you can see a tiny red flag fluttering in the wind about halfway up the rocky cliffs. Jutting up just in your vision, upon the cliff top, you can see the roof of a mansion. It must be in ruin, as you see holes in the roof and missing shingles.

What do you do?

Go with MND + IN, but it is a knowledge type check not a perception, so no 8+

It's really windy, that sucker is really fluttering up there!

The group moves around the campsite (some more quietly than others). There is no sign of life. The flaps of the tents wave in the breeze, revealing they are unoccupied. Inside them, everything is overturned.

Even from a distance, Herja can see footprints in the wet sand and many disturbances on the beach as if a struggle took place there.

Bart looks down at the chaos of footprints and disturbances in the wet sand. Being a warrior, he can tell there was a struggle between a group of booted individuals. Some signs of people falling or wrestling on the ground, perhaps. No blood can be found.

There are also so strange tracks coming from the water's edge, they have been partially washed away by the lapping waves. They come from the water and walk around the camp. Webbed feet, with clawed tips. The size of a man's foot.

Bart make a read tracks roll please

Esteber investigates the abandoned camp. He can see that someone has gone through the crates and trunks, strewing clothes and supplies all around. He finds a waterskin and a barrel of apples.

Anyone else who wishes to search please do so

While studying the odd footprints, Bart slips in the surf, totally drenching himself in the cold water of the loch.

Bart, please make a MND+AU check

As Bartholemew sits embarrassed in the water, he suddenly feels a very uncomfortable sensation. He feels he is being watched...like when he has sensed an ambush, but he cannot determine from where it originates. It makes him feel exposed. It is a silly notion, but he feels it originates from the Loch itself, but he cannot pinpoint a location.

After seeing the coast is clear, Slae steps out of the weeds and looks around the camp with the others. He searches through one of the tents but finds little of value.