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The small group of goblins that passed the invisible elf continued on, oblivious to her presence, and headed into the surrounding woods.  The moon would be full in just a few nights and they were on a mission to obtain the required sacrifices. 

But they had not traveled for more than a quarter of an hour when the sharp-eared Garuk paused.  "Do you hear?" he asked the others quietly in their native tongue.  It was a voice...  maybe human, maybe elven...  but definitely not far away.  He grinned, extremely pleased that perhaps they would not have to travel all the way to Ashdown to obtain the sacrifices.   

They fanned out and crept forward quietly, now communicating only via hand signals.  

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Kaiden's unconscious form was heavy and awkward, but Rook managed to drag him to the edge of the clearing.  A few times she thought she might have heard a small noise escape him and hoped that might mean he would wake, but he remained blacked out.

Carefully she laid him down and was in the process of arranging his head and arms in a position that didn't look too terribly uncomfortable when a rough voice in an unfamiliar tongue barked out from behind her.  She spun in surprise, only to find six vicious looking creatures with greenish skin, cruel eyes, and even crueler weapons had encircled her while she fretted over her fallen friend.

Goblins!  She reached instinctively for her bow, but the weapon lay uselessly in the middle of the clearing!

"Nee down!" spat one, motioning toward the forest floor.  Rook looked about wildly.  When she hesitated, one of the goblins with a bow pointed it at Kaiden.  "Down!  Or deed deed deed!"  it said and the archer, not seeing another option that didn't get herself or Kaiden killed within the next few moments, slowly got to her knees.