It doesn't take long for the owlbears to completely consume the horse. A few of them start to lope in your general direction, causing several of you to start to raise your weapons.

"Hold!" hisses the Rashemi captain.

Just when it looks like fighting the owlbears is going to be inevitable, the bears rise up on their hind legs as one and crane their necks to the north. They either hear or smell something, though none of you can detect what it is.

Eagerly, they abandon what little is left of the horse carcass and begin trotting northward, away from the road.

After waiting a judicious length of time, the captain signals to continue heading west toward Immilmar. He does not apologize for ordering the death of Faluil's horse.

The Rashemi appear to have shifted their attitudes toward your party from relative indifference to near hostility, particularly towards Khazrael; yet, they have promised you safe passage to Immilmar, and so, Tryntha knows, they will die before breaking their word.

As you trudge across the icy plain, there is plenty of time to talk. Katrin and Tiriel are fairly reserved, but Lissa and Achkby are more willing to share their experiences.


OOC: Those who "listen" to Achkby and Lissa have access to the events that have occurred in the Sea of Starry Night, parts I and II, onward ...