The Ride can be an unfogiving host in the dead of winter, especially during a storm when wind chills can drop to 50 below. This was no deterrent for the adventurers as they prepared for there trip to find and slay Vampire Lord Ambrogio. During there several week stay in Oakhurst, they were able clea up the Hucrele Estate, now in the possession of Belros by decree of the Gray Guard, and use it for lodging. Also, Rurik was able to forge together the two magical longswords Belros had acquired into one mighty greatsword.
Before heading south, the group felt it important to check in at Whitehorn. Once in Whitehorn theay were able to inform the Gray Guard that the summer fruit can indeed cure the supplicancy. They also learned of a great wall being built along the Western border of the Ride to protect them from the Border Forest and the growing threat of Gulthias. Anyone left living outside the western side of the wall will be left to fend for themselves.
After much debate, the group decided to go around the eastern edge of the Dragonspine mountains to the Hamlet of Stonestar, then south to Phlan to find passage on a ship bound for Scardale in the spring, then travel west to Blackfeather Bridge, home of Elexan and Ambrogio.
