Alaric, following the the goblins’ tracks proves to be slow and tedious and it takes you into the early morning to follow them back out of the Tickwood and northeast towards the Lost Coast Road, here they would easily be lost among the rest of the traffic, but you reason that they probably wouldn’t have followed the main road for any length of time. And not much further ahead you can see that they have merely crossed the road and headed towards another forest, named Nettlewood.
The trees are shorter, and share their forest floor with snarls of nettles and thorny underbrush. This is making it difficult to make your way further in.
The two of you are at the inn eating a healthy breakfast. Men your size can eat a lot and already Amiko is starting to regret giving you free room and board. You have already been approached by several locals, offering their thanks for your heroic actions the previous day.
Darakar, as a half-orc, you do not always get respect in the towns you visit, but Sandpoint don’t seem to have any problem with your presence.
You’re about to finish your breakfast, when you see the nobleman you saved yesterday enter. He scans the room until he sees you and purposefully walks up to you.
"I want to thank you again for saving my life," he says and bows his head in respect at you. "Without you and your companion, I would have been dead now. Take this as a token of my thanks."
He takes a pouch and slides it over the table towards the two of you. You can hear it jingle with the sounds of coins.
Aery:
You are out surveying the possibilities of some defenses should the goblins try to attack again, when you are approached by a young woman in her 20s.
She introduces herself as Shayliss Vinder. "Sorry to intrude on you sir," she says, her eyes averting to the ground. "But when I heard we had the great Aery visiting our lowly town, I couldn’t help but come over."
Still too shy to make eye contact, she continues: "I know you are busy and have more important things to do, but I was wondering if I could trouble you with a little something."
Jimmy:
As you check the bomb last night, you find some etchings on the inside as well as a couple of small glass tubes with alchemical liquids. It is similar to alchemist fire. You cannot recognize the symbol which looks to be a jackal head with three eyes.
When you arrive at the sheriff with Jenny you realize he already has a visitor, father Zanthus. He nods at the both of you.
"I agree we are ill prepared for another attack, and I may have a solutions," Sheriff Hemlock says. "I am taking a few guards south to Magnimar to see if we can secure additional soldiers to station here for a few weeks. At least until the extent of the goblin threat can be determined."
"I am loathe to leave so soon after an event. But I was hoping to secure a meeting with all of you ‘heroes of Sandpoint’. I am hoping you will be able to keep the peace until I return. The locals seems to have taken to you."