During the trip:
Giff are supposedly getting off the train at the capitol; need to ensure they actually get off there
Balthazar supposedly saw a short-stack ghost
Newspaper on train shows a new emergency director has been "elected"- Claudia Hawthorne; martial law declared
A fleet is being assembled to go east across the sea and flee because of the war
Traveled towards the tower; ran into a farmer in a village who is having some sort of 'critter' problem
The creatures are small and only come out at night; found our culprit and followed it into the forest
Came into a clearing where the tracks vanish; a tent made of leaves and a campfire is set up next to a pile of stolen food
Turns out a talking raccoon was the culprit; wants to test adventurers to help him liberate the Autumn Court
Autumn Knights roster:
Ronando the raccoon, leader of the autumn knights
Badgerlore the barbarian badger
Squippy the wise squirrel
Otto the otter
Ferrow the weird fox
Rigel the rabbit
Fought 1 on 1 duels with the Autumn Knights; won 5-2