Will post tomorrow, birthday something tonight (my wife won't tell me what's happening), and I need to roll random encounters to see how long you go before a hiccup :)
Pawetha does agree with the need to recon the roadblock, but reasons that if the party manages to secure an alliance with the elves, they'd might be able to assist in taking out the Red Hand forces stationed there.
Well, that was a lie- I will post tonight. I had a weekend long conference that was amazing, but very time consuming and cognitively exhausting. But, I'm back on the horse today :)