
Everyone makes it off the road and into the trees where you hide from the threat that is in the sky. IT takes but half an hour before you hear it clearly roaring as it is about to pass over head. You can see it flying as it looks for food. It is big and it is red. Soon it is right over you when it pauses in its flight. Does it see or sense you? It gives another roar that shakes you all to your core before it moves to the east and breathes fire as it drops to the ground. The earth shakes from the impact. You know it is not far from you as soon you hear the crunching of bones.
Krusten reacts quickly and shoots Tilantre in the leg with an arrow. He falls to the ground with a shout but he is not going anywhere. Off to the east you still hear the dragon crunching on what ever it is eating. Soon you hear a bellow from the dragon as it takes off and heads east. The ranger tells everyone the threat is gone. He heads back towards the road. "Are we ready to continue?"
Out of Character: Tilantre your leg is healed fully.
In Character: The ranger heads to the top of the hill to make sure the way is clear. As the Ranger gets to the top of the hill he is joined by Tilantre. The rest of the party gets the wagon back out on the road and once again starts to the north. Seeing the ranger motion the rest north he heads down the hill with Tilantre, I will need rolls for scouting from Tilantre.
The rest of the day passes without incident. As you move more into the foot hills and the hills start to become higher and more frequent. As the sun begins to go down you are finding yourself in more of a forest and the way is getting harder to scout ahead but with two rangers up ahead you have more faith that two sets of eyes are hopefully finding what you are seeking. Neither ranger has spotted anything but game animals. No signs of the dragon or the bandits as of yet.
You are able to find a place to pull off the road and set up camp. The Hawk did not find any thing to attack besides a couple rabbits. The rangers did not find any signs of the bandits. The night is dark with the clouds hiding the moon. The air is getting colder too. Temp is in the low 50s F or low 10s C.
The morning begins clear but cold. The day looks to be clear and warmer. The wind is lighter. Avan tells everyone that the next few days should be nice. Everyone heads back on the road to the North.
The next two days are the same with the weather holding. It is just after the mid day meal the third day that the rangers spot a track with humanoid type prints heading deeper into the foothill to the Northeast.
The hawk heads to the north and east and soon he is flying in lazy wide circles as he looks over the landscape. The Rangers both can tell the tracks are both old and fresh. The freshest being only a few days old. Some of the tracks are of booted feet.