09 - We're on the Road to Vallacki

Alfonse woke up from his trance to find the camp getting up and at 'em. He found his way to a cup of coffee and some bacon, and once properly fueled up, quickly packed up his gear to hit the road. The Visthani told the group of a foot path that would lead to Tser Falls and might be a good shortcut. The group headed in that direction, but soon found themselves in a long box canyon that ended in unscalable cliffs, rising at least a thousand feet. Dejected, the group turned around and backtracked to the main road, circling back around to the top of those cliffs, and the bridge that spanned the space between them.
The bridge was guarded by two ancient stone statues on the near end, and two more on the far end. They were very weathered, and the details that remained looked rather devilish. As they crossed onto the bridge proper, Talin and Alfonse both noticed one of the statues moving a bit. Before they knew it, the group was in a fight with this animated statue. As the first one was defeated, a statue at the far end of the bridge came to life and attacked. Then another, and then the last. Alfonse blasted away at these statues, getting in some good hits each round, and after a few rounds of combat the group had defeated all 4 statues and crossed the bridge, over into Greater Barovia, and one step closer to Vallacki and safety for Ireena.