3 Ilmater's Rain 14
• Briefing: “A few hunters haven’t reported in in a while. Sent hawk for message but haven’t heard back yet. Need you to check up on them.”
• Tracked down the hunters who were being attacked by dune crows/seafarers. All the hunters killed in battle.
• Speak w/ Dead on hunters revealed that seafarers (sand Vikings) were being pursued by hunters (on royal orders)
○ “bring back prize” that was in the chest
○ Seafarers hunted frequently (why? For their feathers?)
• Recovered chest w/ 30 orange and yellow seafarer feathers(having high social value in Vasnac’s court) and 60 black dunecrow feathers (status tokens for royal guards, courtesans, & assassins) also a stone that smelled of magic
○ Black dunecrow feathers can be used to imbue items w/ fire and ice resistance
○ Returned orange and yellow feathers to a seafarer who said the feathers were his sister’s remains
§ Noro knew and agreed to the exchange after we failed to steal them from him. (and also failed to convince him we were in his tent because we were having nightmares)
○ Noro has no idea what’s going on, but some sort of higher-ups knew what would happen
○ Definitely not aware of the danger
○ Djehut called “The Death Mage” by the dune crow
○ Spoke something similar to Sylvan mixed w/ something extraplanar
• Noro agreed to exclude our encounters with the Seafarers from his report
UPDATE: this has led to Squad 4s two remaining members being sent out on their own back into the desert