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[King Zultan]

We should ask Willis if he wants to visit his dad before we go over there.

[NJW2000]

We should ask Willis if he wants to visit his dad before we go over there.

+1

Can't really justify going all the way to Aethrem but not letting Willis see his family.

[Devastator]

"Well, I don't know his address."

"Really?"

"Yeah.. he kinda moved here to be away from it all.  Internationally renown assassins aren't really set out for the quiet life."

"So he doesn't know about all this?"

"Only a little.  Letters, but I haven't gone into the whole Concordat thing.  Or the dragon thing."

"That's been pretty much everything for the past six months or so, right?"

"Well, mostly.  He knows who you are, but yeah, not the dragon thing.  Earlier I didn't want to tip them off that he was here, for a hostage or something, but at this point..  well.."

"I guess we're off looking, then."

It doesn't take too long to meet up.  Irinos is a pretty calm guy, mundane, broad shouldered, and quite chill for receiving unexpected visitors.  And cake, as Alice recommends bringing baked goods.  It was a good idea.

There's a game involving pegs and dice, a fine supper of rice and chicken, and a few long conversations about the past year and the world of madness.  Astoundingly, Irinos does not ask to see Trence turn into a dragon.

So you do so anyway.  This just produces a raised eyebrow and a request to not put your feet on the table.

It's not the most exotic of visits, but you're glad you found the time.

To be Continued.

[Devastator]

The next few weeks you're heading up into the hills, towards the jump-off point for the Dungeon of Despair.  Sorry, the Pit of Plague.  No, the Pits of Borlia.  Nobody knows why they're called that, not even Uncle, so you make up a couple stories with Willis.

By the time you get to Donto, winter is coming on heavily.  There are many people coming back down towards the city, and the tents are gone, leaving the permanent buildings only.  Snow is on the ground, although not yet deep, and you haven't had enough encounters to cash in.  Too many people on these well-travelled paths for you to earn money on your scale.  A few goblins and miscellaneous low-level trash only, and you already got paid for your last big encounter on the coast coming down.

Spoiler: Inventory (click to show/hide)

3 Potions (Heal 50)
5 Mana Potions (Gain 50 mana)
3 smelling salts (revive at 10%)
2 Antidote herbs (Cure Poison)
4 scan crystals
4 Smoke Bombs

You have one upgrade worth of cash, and decide to keep it in case you need recovery time.  The inn here is not cheap, and although not enough for you to really spend an upgrade worth of money, if you end up snowed in for a few weeks of blizzard..

..well, it'd be better to have the cash on hand.  Sure, you're level 12, and you have cold resistance, but you would really want to have much heavier tents and snowshoes if you're going to go through a blizzard.  The road down to Temoris should be okay..

There's two big questions before you go down.  Well, three, but Uncle thinks he can handle the necessary breadcrumb issue for you, saying that he's got a method sorted out.

Do you want to go with another group?
Do you want to burn a mana potion to take the old elevator down to the middle ruins.?

There is nobody around of your caliber, but there are two groups here who are level 10.  If you go with them, you'll likely be expected to share loot, and will be expected to wait at the elevator to go back up together.  Getting back up if you're ditched is possible, but a pain, as is getting attacked while waiting.  On the other hand, you'd save a mana potion and it would be of less risk, as most of the time both teams will get back and split up the loot.

[King Zultan]

We're a big strong group, I say we go down by ourselves.

[NJW2000]

We're a big strong group, I say we go down by ourselves.

+1

Sharing loot with level 10 adventurers is not particularly appealing.

Use the mana potion to go down to the middle ruins.