The Bandit Menace
A Rough Road Ahead
The Great Tree City
Eliza's Emporium
The Birdfolk Council
Bandits Attack
Skirmish at the Foot of the Tree
Bandits attacked a caravan heading to Alderheart. The players tried to intervene, got squashed, and regrouped after the bandits got away with tons of loot. They spoke with Captain Iris Freel about a counterattack at the bandit forward base on the east side of Crystal Lake. They agreed to divide forces (Perch Guard and party) in order for the party to take out the leader of the Bandit Coalition forces that attacked Alderheart.
Counterattack at Crystal Lake
The Approach
The player's reached the west side of Crystal Lake by following Bayside Road. They angled around the north edge, opting not to swim across and possibly draw attention to themselves.
As they got closer, they found that there were guards stationed in tree stands with bows and crossbows. Tigran snuck through them (mostly) undetected but was caught very close to the camp by a patrolling guard. He was able to take out the guard swiftly and silently with barely any problems. Firthal dug through the ground and surfaced in the middle of the paddock of horses, chocobo, and giant beetles used as riding animals and beasts of burden. He was able to get a chocobo to block vision of him while he cut the rope fencing the animals in--preparation for creating a diversion and/or stampede once the Perch Guard attack.
Meanwhile, Marshall, Malone, and Sowka are killing time back away from the camp. Malone used her new emberbat familiar, Assistant Lucy Teeling Tuttle, to scout above the tree line. Assistant Tuttle saw the Parch Guard forces, only about 100 or so strong, are nearing the Bandit Coalition encampment. Mere minutes remain before the battle.
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