[IC] A Stolen Land

[DM Dougfan]

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After spending barely a month in Restov, you are quite surprised to be approached by a regal, if exceptionally stressed-looking, diplomatic courier who knows you by name, but asks you just to verify.  After waiting scarcely a few seconds to hear your response, he withdraws a scrollcase from his attache satchel, nods his head to you, then backs away and disappears back into the crowd, leaving you slightly baffled.  Upon opening the case, you find three scrolls of fine vellum.  One of these scrolls contains the above official governmental message.  Another scroll is a small, but very accurate map detailing directions from Restov to the Greenbelt with Oleg's Trading Post being very easy to decipher as a major point of interest in the region.  The final scroll contains an easy-to-read spell called Mount.  This spell will only last for a few hours, exactly enough time for you to reach Oleg's Trading Post.  Without much in the way of options, it would appear that you have been drafted by the government of Restov, a government to which you may or may not hold allegiance, to perform a service that they cannot be bothered to perform themselves.  Everyone whom you ask about "the Greenbelt" simply refers to it as "The Stolen Lands."  Oleg's Trading Post seems to be at the northern border of the frontier.

((OOC:  Welcome to Kingmaker!  You are all currently in Brevoy, the capital of Restov, and have all received your charge to lead a survey and exploration expedition into the wilderness known of as "The Stolen Lands."  If you wish to begin this quest immediately, you merely need to cast the Mount spell and ride off.  But if you wish to, you may spend some time in town gathering some last-minute supplies and interacting with each other, getting acquainted.  You'll be spending a lot of time with each other, after all.  There is a tavern close by called The Silver Skeleton.))