[i]As Jason explored the village, he would find that it was not very large and most of it's population were farmers and fisherman, though there was a blacksmith, a weaver, and a carpenter.  The houses mostly sat a short distance from the coast, although he did find a few places that may give a small advantage in a fight.

In the dimming light, the residents were hurrying to either barricade themselves and their animals in their homes for the night or to settle in at the great hall.  The fact that Constable Leofwine and the adventurers had not yet returned making many of them nervous and speculation was running about if they had run into the beast!  

"Don't stay out after dark!" someone warned Jason.  "Best come into the hall!"[/i]


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"I think it suits you," Cedric laughed, watching Rockmar's attempts at entertaining the women with the bear helm. 

After Eve and June magicked the other members of the adventuring party across the pit trap and they re-emerged back outside the tomb, Cedric breathed in a few deep breaths of the cool and misty evening air and shuddered, his humor gone again.  A crow sat on the limb of a tree nearby, cocking its head to look at them.   

As they began their trek back, he looked at the others.  "Are we going to attempt to slay it tonight?"