10 On the Road to Aharast

General Summary

After Shadoris and Abigail managed to get the comatose Belladonna and Elzador out of the secret hideout of Namys, they need to figure out a way to get them to safety, to an area where the guards won't be able to easily find them. For this, they turn to Bert. Bert helps them get a cart there, so they could "transport Namys' furniture." They hide Bella and Elza in the middle of the cart, surrounded in furniture, covered in drapes.   Abigail remembers a friend from long ago, Pekko, a cleric of Aharast, who lives near Arcadia but outside of the city itself. Having just thought that, she sees him. Whether it was fate or coincidence, luck or the work of gods, Pekko was on his way back to his temple from the city, where he came to buy supplies.   This is where Shadoris decided to leave, just so she wouldn't cause an incidence when Bella wakes up. Pekko and Abigail started heading towards Overstand, but did get into some trouble on the way there. Specifically, they run into a deer with branches for antlers - a spirit of the woods. They manage to fend it off, earning Abigail some precious antlers.   When they decided to camp, Rose made her way to them, and said goodbye to Elzador.   They eventually arrive to a log house titled The Bloody Badger. It's a nice little inn on the side of the road that hosts travelers, and the pair decides to spend the second night there.   During the trip they try to heal the two comatose friends, but for some reason the magic doesn't bring them to consciousness..   When they get to Pekko's windmill-church, they unload the furniture, which becomes property of the church. They bring Elza and Bella into a room with beds and lie them down. As they start moving furniture in the next room, though, they hear a scream and run back. They see Belladonna, sitting up on the bed, screaming from the top of her lungs. The fear of all the gods in her eyes, the child is absolutely terrified.