-Eva is wandering the shores of Lake Vtia, looking for a place to sleep, when the forest flares up like a giant bonfire. She runs toward the fort and happens upon a troll who's trying to have his way with a very young human girl. She strikes at the troll from behind. I rolled a Die of Fate to see if Naomi's strike would cause the troll to trip into a nearby burning tree and kill himself. It was just an act of fun, and well... I rolled a one. Figures. Well, the troll's dead with a burning branch through his eye now! Naomi's feeling good...
-Eva attempts to bandage up the little girl who, as it turns out, has her intestines spilled out across the ground. She rolls Field Dressing and fails. Eva stitches her stomach together, but she probably won't last...Eva hears more screams and heads off to do what she can for the non-injured.
-Meanwhile Augustes is trying to get out of the burning forest with his unconscious brother. He thinks there's a town through the woods and sets off, dragging his brother with him. Mitch fails the Orienteering roll and finds himself back at Lake Vita, with three trolls staring at him, the fallen girl that Eva had found earlier.
-Eva makes her way into Vitae Custos and attempts to take on another troll, but doesn't get nearly as lucky since this time the troll's armor dice protect him from her blow. The troll turns to kill her, and Eva spends the next twenty minutes evading trolls and making her way back to the girl, where she finds three trolls and two young men, cornered...
-The trolls lunge at Augustes and Austin, grabbing them with a truly horrendous failed roll. Eva then tries to cut their tendons against, bu the troll's skins once again make the armor roll.
-Just when things look hopeless The Elf appears and single-handedly DESTROYS the three trolls. He tortures the last one for fun as Augustes and Eva stare in astonishment. The Elf stands up and runs to Eva excitedly, trying to hug her as he calls out to her. Eva pushes him back, yelling at him to leave her alone. Turns out The Elf's Eva's father! She spits in his face and tells him to screw off. Her father shakes his head sadly and walks off, warning them to get to the next town before his trolls find them.
-Augustes and Eva carry Austin through the burning forest to the nearby town of Aelia, using Eva's Song of Paths and Ways to show them the way. Yeah, Naomi failed this roll too, so their armor catches fire. Eva loses her left leg and Augustes his chest. Having stripped those things off the two get to Aelia.
-At the town gates they meet Otho, captain of the guard of Aelia. They inform him of Vitae Custos's fall, and Otho orders an immediate evacuation of Aelia
-As Augustes sees to Austine getting medical attention Eva hears a familiar bird-call and goes outside Aelia to meet with her father. He informs her that, while the trolls are delayed by the forest fire, they won't be safe for too much longer. He tells her about The Wheel of Fire, an artifact that is somewhere beneath Aelia. It's the real reason the trolls have been sent to Aelia in the first place, to provide a distraction while the Wheel is found. He tells Eva that the only way to get to the Wheel is through Aelia's town well.
-Eva goes back and finds Augustes. She informs him of her plans to save the town and Augustes gets up immediately and walks out with her. The two, using the rope, climb into the Well of Aelia...
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