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"At least a a week, possibly more if we are helping to stop these pirates." Jerrard answer's, giving Locky a strange look, Indeed you do not have the ahh build for wearing those sort of clothes." the mage taps bab on the shoulder. "We should keep an eye on Locky." he whispers, removing his some food and items from his pack.

Imani shakes her head at the clothing conversation before she looks to Ulster. "...What is Silvanesti like?" she asks curiously.

"Oh! Uhhh...I'm not really sure," Ulster admits, scratching the back of his head. "I've never been there. Humans aren't really allowed there. But I heard it's a really big forest. Oh, and that it was cursed back during the war. Something about the elf king, he cursed it, to drive out the Dragonarmies. But that's all I really know."

Jerrard:

"The legend states it is cursed, where better to flee than a cursed forest no one will go to?" biting his lip he looks to the group. "Locky is immune, and you warriors are not afraid of a forest are you?"

"A scary forest, sounds fun! I wonder if my dream had anything to do with it?" the Kender asks curiously

"Hard to be afraid of something so vague," Thuskar says. "It's cursed. What exactly does that mean?"

Ulster shrugs. "I guess it's too late to do anything about it now anyway. There's nowhere else to go except back to Khur."

"But if this ship is going there, there must be something of interest in Silvanesti, and it must be possible to do trade there" Babushka observes. Then she turns to Jerrard. "You say that Locky is immune, do you know about gnomes like me?"

"I have heard that its a scary place, but Kender go there all the time, didn't the Elves used to live there?" The Kender asks, "Malika, would you like to go on deck? I need to go with an Grown up." She giggles, "They think I am a child."

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"The Elves fled the land when the Dragonarmies came, but one stayed, the King. He had an Artifact in his possession, it warped the land, the people, it became a land of Nightmares." He shrugs, "They are slowly recovering, the land is still warped, but there are people there." He smiles, "Yes lets go on deck, these are traders, do you need anything my dear?" He asks Malika.

"By all means," Malika says. "It's boring and stuffy down here. The rest of you coming?" she asks, heading above deck boldly.
Stepping up above, the sunlight is momentarily blinding. Once their eyes adjust, they can see much better. The ship isn't all that big, having a full crew of around twenty or so. Most appear to be humans, both men and women. There is also a Baaz climbing up on the rigging and a goblin coiling rope over on the stern.

The town is behind them now, and slowly getting smaller as the ship moves forward. The wind is light, but is neither against them or in their favor.

The door to the captain's cabin opens, and the minotaur they met last night hunches down to squeeze through the door and out onto the deck. A much smaller man, possibly a human or elf, follows him out, holding a rolled up scroll.

"I've never seen a forest before," Imani states as she follows everyone up on the deck.

"It's mostly just trees and critters," Ulster says. "Nothing special. Although a nightmare forest? I don't know what that's like. Probably the same, but...scarier."

Babushka follows the rest of the group on deck, and keeps close to Locky and Malika.

"What about the elves?" Imani asks curiously. "The elves that end up in Khur think they are better than everyone else. Is it the same there?"

"Most do," Thuskar says. "Especially the Silvanesti. I hear the Qualinesti are a bit better after the war ended. There are other kinds of elves, too, but I don't know anything about them."

"So does that mean that getting into their lands will be hard?" Imani asks. "I mean, we are all ready putting ourselves into danger by stepping into a cursed forest."