Philemon searches about carefully for a trail to follow, his expert eye seeking clues as to the farmers whereabouts. With the aid of Elethielle and her bound creature you have no trouble following the tracks south across the fields. The signs indicate a group of three bipedal creatures dragged/ carried the two farmers away. The assailants wore no shoes and had animal-like, pawed feet that curiously display signs of an extra digit ("radial polydactyly").

The trail meanders south, a few other abandoned farmhouses evident out here but the tracks ignoring their presence. At one point there is a mess of dried blood, feathers and cracked bones where it looks like a chicken has been torn apart and eaten, the remnants tossed about carelessly.

The tracks of the group continue south toward the treeline and you've travelled for about half and hour, not far away from the forest when you sense, too late, the hint of movement nearby. There is a worrying twang of bowfire as hooded ambushers shoot at you from cover - two behind an old shed 40ft away and another two opposite behind a dead, bone-dry tree 60ft away catch you in the crossfire. The arrows strike Eponine, one thankfully stopped by her armour but the other a nasty shot hitting her for 5 damage.


Spoiler: environs map
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You are currently near the edge of the forest at point X on the map.

1 square = 1/2 a mile
Travel speed (@ base 20ft) = 2 miles per hour (4 squares per hour)

You have currently used 2.5 hours of your 8 hour day

Spoiler: info & rolls
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hidden archer vs Eponine
bow (1d20+4)[13] damage (1d8+1)[5]

hidden archer vs Eponine
bow (1d20+4)[12] damage (1d8+1)[3]

Initiative
Ellie (1d20+2)[18]
Riaghan (1d20+5)[14]
Phil (1d20+2)[9]
Artaith (1d20+1)[6]
Eponine (1d20+3)[17]
archer group 1 (1d20+2)[20]
archer group 2 (1d20+2)[16]

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2 archers 40ft to the left
2 archers 60ft to the right


=> Ellie & Eponine