Chapter 10: The Wheel Turns

Building a lean-to for the storage of firewood and charcoal. 1 Die of Advantage.

Carpentry, Ob3.

Carpentry B2 + Help from Shadow, Materials-wise.

It takes two days to build the wood-storage lean to.

Shadow finds Ravens.

Sneaking with Summer past the Tower road-building camp

Stealth B4 +1D FoRK Tracking +1D Forest-Wise +1D Help Summer +1D Spring and Rainy

Watching caravan of Tower go by - Perception B5 to determine strengths and weaknesses. Spending Deeds x2

Group of people going by - almost as many people as in Kallbacken. Sand-creature moving inexorably down the road, at the head of the formation. Four ranks of four tower warriors walking in formation, with metal armour that is quiet and covered by leather.

Perhaps nine or ten scouts and people hidden in the woods.

Behind the group are three people:

One wearing shiny metal armour painted in colourful design, like a building?
Another is dressed in simple clothing, holding a stout wooden Tower banner that feels alive with spirit.
The last, probably the leader, wears a grey robe embroidered with traces of silver and gold metals. This is likely a speaker of the tower, but maybe wearing fancier clothes.

Then another 16 soldiers.

Then carts pulled by oxen - two oxen per cart. Two carts have drivers. And six horses, with a person leading each horse. And two more carts. (Four total carts).

Then another 16 soldiers.

Then a cross between a sled and a cart, being pulled by a team of well-trained dogs. On the cart - a passenger covered in an unremarkable cloak.

Then another 50-60 people who appear less-disciplined, with no visible weapons, clothed slightly better than the builders and water carriers. (Some kind of labourers?)

Then a sequence of different animals - sheep, free-ranging dogs.

Then a final rank of 16 soldiers.

They will reach the site of the road-building in four days. They would have had to have been supplied 3-4 days back.

There is an absence of the big rocky things. Apparently they don't travel with these groups.

(Note that M4 is Hunter's Blessing - the best time to go out hunting)
(M5 is Last Wetting - the last month of Spring)

Before departing, Vasil explains to Taft: I think the bow I made for you is a bit shit. Taft leaves the inferior weapon behind. It is destined for a fire.

Taft and Summer depart, leaving Shadow and Vasil in the steading. Pushing forward into the forest, Taft and Summer carefully by the head of the Stone River, without event. Some time later, Taft hears marching. At risk of being seen, he scouts closer, getting a good view of the approaching army, gaining valuable information for the fight.

Meanwhile, Shadow helps Vasil build a lean-to, intended to house firewood and charcoal for smithing purposes. Shadow makes contact with the local Unkindess of Ravens, asking them to carry message back to its pack at home.

Vasil asks for help from the people of Flodmynninstead.

Circles B3. + 1D Reputation.

Not a great Circles result. Vasil was only able to find one helper - Vakseli who appears to have some disease that isn't Leprosy. Apparently an outbreak of some disease might be on the cards.

Ditch Digging (Beginner's Luck) Power B5 + 1D Help from Vakseli

Ob3 (Beginner's Luck, + a stick is a shit version of the tool, so not the full doubling of ob)

Shadow slinks through the forest, reading scent markings and examining kills in its quest to find the local wolves.

Shadow howls of duty, of the dangers of man, of desperate times calling for desperate measures, and of its power over man, beat and spirit.

Ob5 Forte Test, B4 Forte +1 Persona

Vasil lines the Firepit with Akseli's help. Masonry (Beginner's Luck)

Agility B4 + 1D Help.

Ob3 (Doublings, as per above)

Bloody Versus against two armoured scouts. 11D to split between attack and defence.

2D Defending, 9D Attacking

Forces of the Tower do their best to bring you down.

Die of Fate Javelin damage

Taft deals a B9 injury. Taft takes...