Surraruthru's Tree (Surraruthru)

[Anastasia]

A few hours of nighttime travel is uneventful enough. Soon enough the woods become so thick as to barely be passable. Here Pearwood stops, "We're close," he says, "Once in there, you'll need to find the tree you're looking for."

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru nods.

"I can imagine it might take some time to do so, depending on how big of an area it is, so let's get going."

[Anastasia]

Any prep you want to do before going in?

[Iron Dragoon]

Not that I can think of? I don't know of anything that will help me 'find' a tree outside of my Commune with Nature SLA, but I used that in the Benfal fight and it's a 1/month, so unless it's been a month, I don't think I have any prep or spells that will help.

[Anastasia]

You advance through the foliage with Pearwood's help - and then you come to it. An archway of rock covered in ivy, where the forest is much thinner. Trees grow about, each one alone and with plenty of space. It stretches far and wide, with rough dirt roads leading along and between the various trees.

"This is it," Kascha murmurs softly, "Trees from every world are here."

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru nods.

"It's quite impressive. Should we consider clippings from other trees for any of our other allies who've lost their worlds?"

[Anastasia]

"We have allies who have lost other worlds? Benfal was recovered," Kascha says, "I can't think of any offhand, can you?"

"I don't think so. My Prime's doing fine, even if I can't go there for a bit under a hundred years." Simmer says, "Damn Sharran nymph."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Oh? I thought we did. I don't exactly excel in the diplomatic realms, so I'm not sure what the standing of other places is. In that case just the tree for me, then."

Surraruthru heads in, taking to the air to move faster and try to get better vantage to spot a familiar tree.

[Anastasia]

Going up and looking around a bit, the place is gigantic. You can see hundreds of trees ahead and to the sides with no end in sight. As you look around...

Spot.

[Iron Dragoon]

> roll 1d20+36 Spot
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 52 > [d20=16]

[Anastasia]

On second thought, also make a quick K:N check if you have any ranks. That's also relevant.

[Iron Dragoon]

> roll 1d20+40 K"N
<Serith> Iddy roll for Serith < 41 > [d20=1]

[Anastasia]

You can spot several things of interest.

You note various trees have subtly shifting bark. You can see feminine faces peeking out every so often - dryads. Likely bonded to the trees in question, you know that much.

You also can spot several large eagles flying about in the air, going over the area of the Grove of Plenty. Several are looking at you, though none are coming your way.

There's a stone house a ways ahead, off a small branch of the path. It has a stable, a well and a small field of crops.

The moon shines beautifully over everything, providing more than sufficient light for your draconic senses.

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru takes note of these things and heads back to the others.

"I've spotted a few things. There's a number of dryads and a small stone house; I'm a little interested in knowing who would be living out here. Pearwood, do you think either would be willing to help?"

[Anastasia]

"Possibly, but you'd need to be fast with your tongue," he says, "There's a few guardians that tend to the grove, as well as many natural defenders. Make a mistake and you'll either not live to regret it or drown in blood."