Chapter 4: Welcome to Alderheart

Charun check in with the guild to try and gather more information on the current political climate and threats to the region. Surely they must realize the potential threat of the Scorched Grove is far graver than any bandits? Perhaps the bandits are worse than he understood, so he checks on them as well.
He will spend the time in between these efforts on training at the Fortune Seekers guild office.
Roll to gather information on current situation, bandits, etc

"Sherry would you mind being my guide?" Less guide and more beacon to hold onto if the heights get to her. If the Mapuche agrees the fox woman will be trying to find new books or scrolls that she can scribe from.

"Heading back with the militia sounds good to me. Swing slash stab, best way to solve a problem, right?" Leif started out hyped, but quieted when he didn't get the expected response.

"Well. If you have another plan, let me know. I'll be staying with family." And catching some shows! He thought to himself.

Feeling otherly unsatisfied that the half-witted birdfolk simply ignored her question, the mapach woman turns around in helpless anger and fumes out. What thickheaded, deficient, brainless, witless balls of feathery stupidity! - Sherry knows why she has an aversion against those in down lined power.

Slowly calming down, she still feels the red-hot anger in her breast, as Scylla asks for her help, the new born adventurer, shakes her head. "I am sorry dear; I can show you the right direction, but than I've promised myself to bring some things into order." she excuses herself. Sherry would tell where are places of learning for the lupin, before saying her goodbyes to everyone for the moment.

In advance of leaving the mapach suggests a time and a place where they could meet up in about two days.

Vanishing in the crowd, Sherry completes a brief stroll until the afternoon to order her thoughts, before she knocks at the door where her parents had lived for so many years...

The council all stare at each other silently a moment before just quickly adding. While the bandits do appear to be more organized than they have been in some time. All we know is that they threaten our way of life here in Alderheart, and the entire Wood. As for their supposed leader, she is nothing but trouble.

Charun, while you don't hear much more than you already know. You do determine that most of the Alderheart population doesn't know/believe there is a threat of the Scorched Grove and the fires that seem to be growing are a result of the bandits.

Here are the first events:

Charun: Guild check in and investigation
Sherry: Backstory intrigue
Syclla: Find a library or place of knowledge ?????
Leif: Staying with Family? anything specific? Explore city?

Leif and Charun find themselves at one of the theaters in the Trunk neighborhood. "Gaspard's Return" is the current popular show in the area. A sequel to an earlier play about the Amaranthine of courage. A tale of over coming great odds and doing what is right in the face of adversity. The show is pretty good and reviews are overall positive. The lead actor however is a Strig, dressed up as Gaspard...who is notably a Jerbeen.

Scylla, You stumble upon the observatories in the Canopy neighborhoods. They are filled with academics and each have a library with various topics in them.

After spending some time with her people and finding together with them enough, so that they could take a meal in peace like atmosphere as a family, Sherry feels that it has been enough bonding for this moment and goes her own way.

Visiting seedy dives, brothels and basement bars, the mapach woman tries to earn some coins by playing cards, rolling dice or take advantage of young fools. Always eager to impart a lesson to those not careful or caring enough to hold tight to their money.

During her time doing this she on top keeps her ears open for further informations on the bandits, the fires and if someone knows anything about the danger from beyond the forest.

She would visit their tabaxi friend as well, to see how things are with Eliza.

Still feeling a sense of pressure to hurry things along but realizing this could possibly hinder the efforts Charuns mounting frustration drives hiim to the Fortune Seekers to seek partners for some sparring. Between matches he will listen to and chat with others of the guild.
However he realizes he need to remain focused and after each day of working on his swordsmanship he cleans himself before visiting the local temple to Clhuran to pray, meditate and consult with others of his faith to see if they have any news or suggestions.

Sherry makes a modest but good showing earning 5 gold pieces in her endeavors.

As for the bandits, she hears of some bandits who operate within the city limits but aren't easy to find though some believe they aren't affliated with the bandits that are from the north eastern mountains as their tactics are even more brutal than theirs.

The Fortune Seekers start talking about some of the frustrations they have when going out to the Wood and doing jobs, the council being on such guard has made doing these jobs harder and bogged down with bureaucracies and paperwork. Especially when working out further from the big Perch's. Grumbling happens, and some are far more sympathetic...maybe even collaborative with the bandits it seems.

At the church, reminders of the web of fate and that the ups and downs of the Wood are all part of life. Excepting that is crucial. Fate is a painted picture, we are but along destinies ride. The church teachings are strong in Alderheart and those who attend the church are heavy handed with their recitation of these concepts.

She spends her time in the library studying books on the history of such fires and how they have been dealt with in the past. She also researches any spells that might be useful towards combating fire. Surely, someone must have created such spells before?