Y'so's Adventurers

 DM Note: Phil had to bow out due to work but asked the group to play anyway, with the DM running [[Ardour]] as a "battle bot". So, Phil's character was present for combat but otherwise uninvolved. The group continued on, passing through ranch country. 2nd DM note: I had intended for this to take a couple of days, but they were on the road and I forgot to mention it. Which probably has a lot to do with why they didn't end up interacting with any of the ranch people I had been thinking about. Oh well. Getting into the foothills of the mountains, they noted a very contained set of stormclouds. Early spring, storms are not unusual in the moutains, but the sky was otherwise clear. [[Lorrin]] recognized this as a sign of a dragon lair. Once under cover of the stormclouds, the group was attacked by an entity formed of dust and air. Having defeated it, [[Camillune]] said that they should expect others. Far ahead, they saw bonfire smoke and she began rushing in that direction...

 The group ([[Ardour]], [[Camillune]], [[Kaupu]], [[Lorrin]], [[Lotte]], and [[Peltogyne]]) continue toward the mountains. [[Lorrin]] says the next town is [[Riverside]] and that it's an intermittent market. On the way, they pass farmland, but don't stop. I creeped them out with a children of the corn reference. The introduction I wrote for [[Riverside]] goes: Here the river, still on your left,  widens and slows and makes a gentle curve to the right, framing the back edge of what would normally be a small town. But sprung up around the wooden structures of the town proper is a veritable metropolis of all kinds of tents and temporary structures. Thus far you've not seen any merchants or traders on the roads, but clearly this is the start of the time of year that merchants are much more commonly found. From here, you can see tents and wagons, with an area full of bailed goods near the river on the far left of the city,  and corrals full of animals of all kinds on the far r...