Player-facing journey record
Where the party has been, where the road is currently taking them, and which destinations are still pulling at the story.
Field Notes
| Leg | Status | Wagon estimate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turst Fields -> Westruun | Reached / current region | About 6-8 calendar days total | The party restocked, secured a wagon carriage with horses, and took to the road with John driving. By day 5, they reached Westruun. |
| Westruun -> Emon | Next planned leg | About 23-30 calendar days | Emon is the next major city goal after Westruun, but the party is still handling local Westruun trouble before fully moving on. |
| Emon -> Nicodranas | Intended | Not chosen yet | The blank journal points toward someone in Nicodranas. Ship passage is likely the cleanest route. |
With an ordinary wagon carriage and horse team, the road from Turst Fields to Emon should take about five to six weeks unless the party pays for fresh horses, gets official travel support, uses magic, or abandons the wagon.
Recovered Fragment
After John's transformation and the Searchers' warning, the party restocked and secured a wagon carriage with horses. There is no hired driver. John is the one holding the reins, which makes every road problem a practical test of trust.
The first road day ended at a roadside camp rather than another settlement. The night stayed quiet on the surface, but the party carried the farmhouse with them.
The road grew harder before it grew clearer. Leaf noticed ominous birds that spooked the horses and sensed that something bad might happen. The party traveled cautiously, with Clerix on the carriage roof and everyone else inside.
The carriage got stuck in mud. The party solved it as a road challenge, with recorded successes in Athletics, Arcana, Survival, and Arcana. Afterward, they made camp again under heavy rain.
The party encountered signs of a minor battle from 812 P.D. It was not remembered as a great battle, but it carried the shape of the Iron Authority's cleaner, more formal soldiering culture: the kind of place where soldiers expected names to be made.
For Sion, that makes the road less empty. It has old pressure under it.
Clerix studied the strange journal and shaded the end of the page. The shading revealed the incomplete word or fragment "NICO--" and another phrase: "not yet." After some time, the shading faded.
Later, after speaking to his god, Clerix saw a vision of a pier and a raven.
The party found bandits pointing arrows at a family. In the fight, three bandits were killed, two were captured, and one fled.
The party reached Westruun around the fifth day after leaving Turst Fields. They found a place to hand over the captured bandits, learned about an inn, and spoke with the rescued family about the town.
Westruun's memory of Grog is not clean hatred. The city remembers that Grog Strongjaw sacked half of Westruun during the Vox Machina War after the city refused tribute. The rebuilt district is the Burned Quarter, though many locals call it the Quiet Side. His name is rarely spoken by locals; children call him "the Tide" or "the wrong giant," and adults usually say less.
The captured bandits did not stay contained. Their friends or allies freed them, pulling the party from Westruun back onto the trail. The road led to a Bramblewood bandit camp where hostages were being used as leverage.
The party chose to attack the camp without bringing villagers into the fight. Leaf scouted as a rat and escaped danger. The group took out two guards quietly, then defeated the camp in open combat.
Field Notes
| Place | Why it matters right now |
|---|---|
| Westruun | Current region on the road to Emon; the party reached the city, then got pulled into nearby bandit trouble. |
| Emon | Capital destination and likely place to find answers, contacts, or official attention. |
| Nicodranas | Someone there is connected to the blank journal. |
Field Notes