Traveling Back Home

As Sidney walks along Sidney sees a yew branch that looks like it would be great for a bow. Sidney walks by it and continues on his way. Sure it would be a great item to keep and make a little bit of money with but he wanted to keep his pack relatively light until he was heading back to a city again. Now was not the time to be picking up unneeded items. As Remy continues the altitude that he was hiking up to was starting to be felt on his legs as they got a little sore from the hike.

The member 'Sidney Hawkins' has done the following action : Dices roll

'20 Side' : 15

Sidney was surprised that the road up to the remnants of Hopenheim was still this well kept. Sure it was starting to grow up in places but it was still easy to make out where it went. Sidney figured that on occasion traveling merchant's must still use this route to go between Humus and Tempestas as it was the best pass between the two in the mountainous region of the border. He figured he must be 3/4 of the way there or so by now.

The member 'Sidney Hawkins' has done the following action : Dices roll

'20 Side' : 3

(17/20)

As Sidney continues along the road he notices an old gnarled oak tree. This tree might not seem like much to most people but to Sidney it was a welcome sight. It was a bit of a landmark that had been familiar to those that had lived in Hopenheim and one of the few that Sidney remembered well. He remembered as a kid climbing up it with his brother. It was funny how many memories one tree could bring back.

The member 'Sidney Hawkins' has done the following action : Dices roll

'20 Side' : 19

Looking up in the branches of the old gnarled tree one could see two bandits sitting on branches keeping watch over the road. These were obviously novice bandits as this was as stupid a place as could be to be looking for travelers yet approaching them they can see one. They jump down and one of them speaks to Sidney. "Give me your gold and any valuables you have and we might spare your life."

Sidney looks at them and lets out a sigh. He walks towards them and takes out his Plasite Cutter. He grips the handle so that the blade emerges. "Do I really have to kill you or will you let me through without any trouble?" Sidney was in no mood to fight and his facial expression showed it. It also showed though that he was confident in his words that he would kill them if they didn't leave him alone.

The bandit that had spoke looks spooked now that he sees the blade he then speaks nervously. "Yeah... yeah, well we have the numbers here!" he says getting confident again. "We'll make sure your death is slow and painful. Right bud?" he asks turning towards his accomplice who is no longer there because he had ran at the sight of Sidney's sword. The bandit that had spoke to Sidney looks back towards Sidney and then runs away.

(18/20 -20 stamina from blade meaning 220 Stamina left.)

Sidney lets out a sigh of relief and then continues on. He wonders if it hadn't been for the attack on the village if he and his brother would have ended up like the two bandits. He shrugs the thought off though. As he continues along the road turns from dirt to old dis-repaired cobblestone that had come from the mine that had been near the town. With every step Sidney took more and more memories came back into his mind.

The member 'Sidney Hawkins' has done the following action : Dices roll

'20 Side' : 15

After a short while Sidney comes to an opening in the woods and through the opening he can see Pohlesee. The lake that Hopenheim was built on the shores of. The view sure takes Sidney back to his youth. It was just as beautiful as he had remembered it.

Spoiler:

He can also see the remnants of Hopenheim as he nears the shoreline. He walks along the shore towards the remnants. Luckily for him Pohlesee is a relatively safe lake monster-wise though he suspects it's because of something that lives in the lake.

The member 'Sidney Hawkins' has done the following action : Dices roll

'20 Side' : 20

(Its a fight but it was literally a 1 so it will be something pathetic.)

As Sidney walks along the shoreline he can here a screech from above him. Some kind of eagle is diving towards him. If Sidney looks up he can see that he is right underneath a nest that has a young eagle in it.

Sidney notices that he is standing underneath an eagle's nest. Seeing this and then the swooping eagle he does not want to harm it. As it swoops towards him Sidney uses the sidestep dodge and starts running towards the remnants of the town. After a short run he is in the ruins. He looks behind him hoping the eagle is no longer following him. It shouldn't be as it has no reason to attack him now. If it wasn't it was time for Sidney to start staking out his land.

(Remember the -3 stamina for that dodge)

The eagle flies up to the nest having missed Sidney and attends to its baby. It is no longer interested in Sidney.

As Sidney is now clear from that attack he walks over to where the stream goes into the lake and starts inspecting the first acre of land. Using maps he was given it was easy to mark out the border of the first acre. He looks the land over thoroughly to make sure that there is nothing in the area of the first acre that could be a threat to the builders once they arrive.

The member 'Sidney Hawkins' has done the following action : Dices roll

'20 Side' : 18

As Sidney searches the area he can hear a screech that is not much unlike the screech from the eagle, but this one is coming from the rubble in the town. Suddenly a Harpy flies up out of an area that had been blocked from view by the rubble. It flies up and then quickly starts to dive down at Sidney. It does not do any aerial acrobatics as it is trying to catch Sidney off guard by its quick attack.

Sidney hears the screech which immediately draws his attention.  He expects to see an eagle but sees something much more dangerous, a harpy.  Sidney draws his sword and quickly slashes at the creature right before going into a sideways roll to dodge the oncoming, potentially now dead creature.  Sidney hopes the attack will be good enough to kill it but has his doubts, there was a reason that harpy were pretty feared among the population of Tempestas, Humus and Ventus.

(-30 Stamina = 187 Stamina)

As the harpy nears Sidney it sees him draw his sword. It flaps its wings hard to try and pull up before it is hit but it doesn't manage to do it in time and is struck by the blade. The harpy dies after the hit and then the thud onto the ground.

(2 six sides)

Sidney looks at the creature and watches as it hits the ground and dies. He then looks at the plasite cutter in awe. This thing was proving as useful as Tokara's sword. Sidney then walks over to the harpy and sees if he can find anything useful to take from it. It was about now he wished he were a hunter and wished that he were able to more aptly gather resources from this Harpy.

The member 'Sidney Hawkins' has done the following action : Dices roll

'6 Side' : 5, 3

(You can gather 3 of its talons.)

Sidney searches the Harpy and finds three easy to collect Harpy talons. He sets them into his bottomless backpack and then goes to the next acre of land. He thoroughly searches this acre as he had the last one hoping not to have the same results. He wanted to get this done before the builders got here but at this rate he wasn't expecting to. He had had a rash of things slow him down ever since the bandits. He did however figure that he was past due some good luck.