FRESH COG
Attempting to leave the elf settlement was incredibly difficult, Cog felt restless and and uneasy. Perhaps it was something he ate. Perhaps someone was trying to kill him. Eventually however, he escaped the settlement, rushing northwards with the speed of a hungry dwarf. Quarithi ran off to chase something down, whatever it was it must've run away from her because Quarithi returned very much alive and well.
I believe it was a draw.
Traveling through the night Cog was to make 3 days travel with less than 10 hours of sleep.
We must be close to the shore! WE CANNOT REST NOW!
The travel northwards was without any mark of time or progress to guide the way, even taking into account the fact that if there were any, Cog wouldn't see them. The jungle was dense and there was probably fruit somewhere but even the elf settlements were growing sparse - this was true wilderness.
A very nice wilderness though, cool, warm and calm, with barely a lick of wolves to send shivers down your spine. It was a tropical paradise, slightly barren of food but likewise holding great potential for exploitation. I don't think the Elves will jump to the gun to use their jungle's resources just yet though.
This weather would not hold true all the time. As a sign of just how much progress the trio were making, things began to grow more unusual.
For the first time there was snow, and a river was crossed without getting anyone's feet wet - it was frozen over. Cog soon got back on path with the tropical mist returning, but he was definitely on the cusp of the circumstantial forest.
They passed Cultdune, stopping briefly to have a chat with such an unusually named forest retreat.
Cog stood in the middle of their forest retreat, so isolated and so far away from the capital elf land. Curiously there was no one there to greet them, no commotion in the trees, no rangers standing guard anywhere. It was a ghost retreat. Cog hesitated to shout out to anybody, deciding that this retreat was too strange, it would be best to move on straight away before anyone noticed they were there.
Half a day's travel north led them here, finally outside of the circumstantial forest and into Cog's greatest enemy: The river.
Could it be? Does the ocean lie beyond?!
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Also, what does his Hammer look like? What are the decorations on it?
also, mango and honey badger sounds like a pretty balanced diet to me. Just add potato.
We have no potato sadly. Potato is not for this climate.
As for the hammer, it is encircled with bands of baguette cut yellow grossulars. On the item is an image of a bed in copper.Never sleep without it.