[Glimmer Creek] - Holland Ashdawn

Xtra Dice Roll: https://itona.io/gallery/view/889
Roll: 15 - Your handler find a perfectly smooth topped rock and stops for a break. They feel reinvigorated! You may take an additional roll for this expedition

Holland stretched, grateful to be finally out of the steam carriage. It had been a long trip and the hounds were going a little stir crazy, except Clay of course, he was always pleasantly calm and obedient. She looked around and chose a good spot for her tent alongside the others all setting up theirs. She wondered if she would see familiar faces from Azzaru or Ynnisi, she'd keep her eye out for friends.

Once her tent was set up and her things tossed inside, she called her hounds from the scrubby bushes they had been lying under and they headed towards where she thought the creek would be. Bushes were growing thick and it was difficult going for Holland, eventually, she spotted a large rock and took a break. She took out her berdir jerky and shared a few bites with the hounds. (WC 144)

Roll 1/11 (extra roll from https://itona.io/comment/558

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Roll: 20 - Event! Your handler stops to pan in the river, and notices something interesting as they wash away the silt ... Submit a claim to investigate further!

After relaxing awhile Holland figured she'd better get back to cutting through the bushes and finding the creek. She couldn't wait to see it! By all accounts it was full of ore and she could only hope she found something exciting.

As she hacked through the brush Axis and the others ran ahead, she envied their lithe frames that allowed them to just weave through most of the underbrush like it was just a fun obstacle course. -She hoped they weren't picking up fleas and ticks, she'd have to check them over before she let them into the tent tonight.- After awhile she heard Axis' excited barks letting her know he'd found something he thought was exciting, which could mean the creek, a snail, or a piece of trash. She hurriedly finished hacking away some more of the scrub blocking her path and squeezed the rest of the way until she came to a bit of a clearing where the hounds had gathered along the bank.

The sun was shining above and the water was absolutely glittering with ore, would there be some worth collecting? She hurried over to where Axis was digging around and panned in the area he was stirring up. She swished her pan this way and that, she was sure she had found something...
(WC 218)

Roll 2/11 (extra roll from https://itona.io/comment/558

As the silt starts to wash away your handler notices ...


Roll -- Result
1 -- What ends up just being a shiny rock. Bummer.
2 -- A piece of Broken Glass Bottle. Careful not to get cut!
3 -- A piece of Dark Ore that glimmers slightly.
4 -- Something in the creek, but your Hound bounds off, distracting you.
5 -- A bright piece of Silvery Ore, that is a good size.
6 -- A beautiful Glittering Ore Chunk!
7 -- A Berdir Hunt Tag?!? How did that end up here?
8 -- A Duskrat Hunt Tag?!? Someone must have dropped it earlier ...
9 -- A dark vein in the lower silt. Maybe there's more ore upstream?
10 -- Event! -- A crystal. Your handler will need help identifying this! Submit a claim to learn about the results.
11 -- A little fish in the creek. But that's about all.
12 -- Your Hounds starting to grow restless. Time to move on.
13 -- Event -- That they feel like they are being watched from the valley sides ... Submit a claim to attempt to investigate.
14 -- A bone. Ew?
15 -- Your Hounds start to drift away. You call them back. Receive +2 training for this expedition.
16 -- Just a collection of tiny rocks.
17 -- An old bent Discarded Nail.
18 -- A single lost cog. A cog ... found is a cog earned?
19 -- A lost cog pouch! Score!
20 -- Event -- A glimmering trail of ore in your pan, that seems to be even stronger up the creek. Submit a claim to investigate.

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Roll: 3 -- A piece of Dark Ore that glimmers slightly.

Holland looked down at her pan with disappointment. She had been sure she was about to find something exciting only for the silt to wash away and see a common dark ore rolling in her pan. Still, ore was ore and she tossed it into her burlap sack on shore. She glanced over at her hounds, Clay was enjoying the creeks cool waters and Plum was playing in the grass, Axis had found himself a rock and was running with it back and forth through the creek. Maybe he would stir up something worth finding? Sighing, she dipped her pan back into the silty creekbed to see what else she could find. (WC 112)

Roll 3/11 (extra roll from https://itona.io/comment/558

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Roll: 4 Your Hound plunged into the creek and returns with a chunk of Ore!

Holland was just thinking about taking a break when Axis jumped past her and plunged his face into the water beside her. She grimaced as he came back up and shook water all over her, hound face grinning as he dropped a chunk of something into her pan with a clunk. Her eyes widened a little as she sluiced the chunk around a bit, Axis had found an ore! How had he even seen it? Or did he just feel like suddenly putting his face under the water and happened to see it? Either way, she was going to add it to her sack and take a lunch break. (WC 109)

Roll 4/11 (extra roll from https://itona.io/comment/558

Xtra Dice Roll: https://itona.io/gallery/view/898
Roll: 15 - Your handler find a perfectly smooth topped rock and stops for a break. They feel reinvigorated! You may take an additional roll for this expedition

After lunch Holland and the hounds walked up the creek for a little ways. Every so often Holland had to pull out her machete and whack away the thick bushes in her path so she could pass but occasionally she bypassed them all together and waded out into the running water. Axis plunged in alongside her while the other two were content to weave though the underbrush. At least they were smooth coated, Axis on the other hand was bound to be full of brambly bits and stickers by the time they got back. Had she brought his brush?

There was a large flat rock in the middle of the creek and she stopped to relax for a bit, Axis at her side. (WC 123)


Roll 5/12 (extra rolls from https://itona.io/comment/558 | https://itona.io/comment/570)

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Roll: 14 - Event! Your Hound alerts you to something in the scrubby brush. Submit a claim to investigate!

While Holland and Axis rested on the large rock they'd found in the middle of the creek, Plum and Clay were eagerly exploring the bushes along the shore. She had just pulled out her pan and get back to work when they started barking frantically from inside a mess of the scrubby brush. Axis leapt off the rock and splashed to shore, joining them, then he too started barking.

Holland put her pan back into her satchel and hopped back into the creek, keeping her eye on the water as she did so. When she got to shore she made her way to the hounds through the brush, wondering what they'd found... (WC 112)


Roll 6/12 (extra rolls from https://itona.io/comment/558 | https://itona.io/comment/570)

Your handler hikes up the side of the valley, into some scrubby brush to investigate whatever the Hound is so interested in.


Roll -- Result
1 -- Your handler wanders around a bit, and comes across a small smeared foot print.
2 -- The scrub gets too thick to make any more progress.
3 -- Your handler nearly turns an ankle on a twisted root.
4 -- Event! -- A berdir bursts from the scrub, and begins to run. Submit a claim to follow!
5 -- Your Hound hovers over a hole in the valleyside. Perhaps a duskrat lives there ...
6 -- Your handler looks around, and notices a Duskrat Tail Feather.
7 -- Your Hound startles a duskrat from its hiding place. Receive a Duskrat Hunt Tag.
8 -- Your handler hikes around for a while, but doesn't find anything of interest.
9 -- Your Hound keeps rushing ahead, but you manage to call them back. Receive +5 training on this expedition.
10 -- Event! -- Under a scrubby tree your handler notices a little garden of herbs. Submit a claim to investigate.
11 -- Something runs through the brush, but your handler can't make it out.
12 -- Your handler spends several hours hiking around the valley, but eventually returns to the creek.
13 -- Your handler notices a tuft of fur caught on a bush, but isn't sure what left it there.
14 -- Your Hound begins to lose interest, and starts to wander back to the creek.
15 -- Your handler finds a good vantage point, but doesn't catch sight of anything interesting.
16 -- Your handler finds a nice tree and spends some time in its shade.
17 -- Event! -- As your handler creeps forward they catch sight of a melanistic berdir. Submit a claim to attempt to follow!
18 -- Your handler is suddenly face-to-face with a berdir, but it bolts away before anything can happen.
19 -- The feeling of begin watched never goes away, but your handler can't find the source.
20 -- Event -- Your handler hears a bark!?! And it wasn't their Hound. Submit a claim to investigate.

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Roll: 6 -- Your handler looks around, and notices a Duskrat Tail Feather.

Holland had been excited, maybe the hounds had found something really good up in that brush! But when she arrived it had only been a duskrat feather. Axis had taken it up and was quite pleased with himself, even though it had been Plum and Clay who had found it.

She'd sighed and pushed her way back through the scrub to the creek. She'd looked around a bit and then pulled her pan back from her satchel. Hopefully this area would prove more fruitful, she'd found dark ore, but she was really hoping to find something more impressive on this expedition. She would keep trying. (WC 105)


Roll 7/12 (extra rolls from https://itona.io/comment/558 | https://itona.io/comment/570)

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Roll: 18 - Your handler notices a Mature Candleweed growing near a rocky outcropping.

As Holland panned she glanced up as the hounds came back to the creek, apparently they were satisfied with their find and had come to lay in the shade near the creek. Something golden caught her eye as she watched them paw at their resting places. Was that ore? She got up to go investigate. When she reached the spot of color she realized it was just a mature candleweed growing between some grass and rocks. She gathered it and laid it carefully in her satchel and then sat back down by the creek. Maybe the hounds had the right idea and it was time for a rest. (WC 108)


Roll 8/12 (extra rolls from https://itona.io/comment/558 | https://itona.io/comment/570)

Xtra Dice Roll: https://itona.io/gallery/view/904
Roll: 18 - Your handler notices a Mature Candleweed growing near a rocky outcropping.

But as soon as Holland sat down to rest beside the hounds she spotted another mature candleweed just a crossed the creek on a rocky outcropping. Well, she'd better go get it, she thought. She got up and waded through the creek, feeling her steps carefully over the creeks rocky uneven bottom. Suddenly there was a black blur and large splash as Axis bounded into the creek beside her, mouth open in his perpetual grin. Holland watched him fondly as he splashed water all over her and circled her as she went, certainly trying to cause an accident, it seemed. He made it to shore ahead of her and barked a few times, like he was telling her "you're welcome for the escort."

Holland shook her head with a smile and collected the candleweed. (WC 134)


Roll 9/12 (extra rolls from https://itona.io/comment/558 | https://itona.io/comment/570)

Xtra Dice Roll: https://itona.io/gallery/view/905
Roll: 1 - Event! Your handler hikes up the creek, far out of sight of the base camp. They notice that more and more traces of ore can be seen on the creek bottom. Submit a claim to investigate!

As Holland set out for the day she began travelling further and further away up the creek. The sounds of camp slowly disappeared and the only sounds were the hounds splashing, the creek bubbling, and birds chirping.

Candleweed and bits of ore were fine, but she really needed to find something special before the trip was over. Perhaps today was the day they'd find something exciting. And if they didn't, well, it had been a fun trip. A nice break from the cities and a new place they could now explore and camp at. She wondered where they'd end up exploring next... (WC 102)



Roll 10/12 (extra rolls from https://itona.io/comment/558 | https://itona.io/comment/570)

The ore on the creek bottom seems to get more and more concentrated with each step your handler takes.


Roll -- Result
1 -- Event! -- Your handler bends down a picks up a sizeable Ore Chunk.
2 -- Your handler slips on a slimy rock in the creek and ends up in the water.
3 -- Your handler notices a piece of Dark Ore that glimmers slightly.
4 -- Your Hound dashes off ahead, and startles a berdir! Receive a Berdir Hunt Tag.
5 -- Your handle notices a bright piece of Silvery Ore, that is a good size.
6 -- Your handler notices a beautiful Glittering Ore Chunk!
7 -- Event! -- Your handler can see a cave up ahead. Submit a claim to investigate.
8 -- A grouping of Azzaruan Plants near the creek catches your handler's eye.
9 -- Your Hound streaks off ahead, a takes quite a long while to return.
10 -- The creek seems to stretch on ahead for much further than your handler is willing to walk.
11 -- Your handler notices a grouping of Ore Chunks, and scoops them up.
12 -- Your Hounds start to grow restless. Time to move on.
13 -- Event -- Your handler feels like they are being watched from the valley sides ... Submit a claim to attempt to investigate.
14 -- Your handler starts to lose concentration, and heads back towards camp.
15 -- Your Hounds start to drift away. You call them back. Receive +2 training for this expedition.
16 -- Your handler concludes that this is just a small concentration patch of ore.
17 -- Your Hound brings back an Ore Chunk. Helpful.
18 -- Your Hound perks up, and started barking at something on the slope.
19 -- Your handler can hear something moving around in the brush on the slope, but can't make anything out.
20 -- Event -- Your handler seems to have identified a source of ore! They must report it to Roderick. Submit a claim to see your results.

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Roll: 7 -- Event! -- Your handler can see a cave up ahead. Submit a claim to investigate.

The creek bottom was sparkling like a million stars as she walked farther and farther up the creek. Her hounds were following, Plum and Clay along the shore, Axis splashing beside, but even the little waves he made didn't obscure how much more concentrated the ore here was.

She spotted a small rock and tossing her pack -minus her pan- to shore she sat and began sifting the silt. Axis came over and started nudging her pockets, now he wanted a snack? She reached in feeling for a treat but her pocket was empty. "Okay okay, I'll get you a cookie, hold on." She went to the bank to grab her pack but as she reached it a dark spot caught her eye. What was that? A cave? (WC 128)



Roll 11/12 (extra rolls from https://itona.io/comment/558 | https://itona.io/comment/570)

Your handler enter the cave ...


Roll -- Result
1 -- The cave is entirely dark. Your handler backs out before a mishap occurs.
2 -- Your handler notices that a well spring of water is bubbling up at the cave mouth.
3 -- Even in the dim light it's obvious to your handler how much ore there is in this cave. Receive an Ore Chunk.
4 -- Event! -- Even in the low light, it's clear this cave is something special. Your handler returns to base camp to share the news. Submit a claim to proceed.
5 -- Your handler stops to pan some ore in a pool near the mouth of the cave. Receive an Ore Chunk x3.
6 -- Your handler notices a little trickle of water running from the cave, and in it a Gemstone.
7 -- Event! -- Your handler notices a paw print in the soft dirt at the cave mouth. Submit a claim to investigate.
8 -- The wind whistles eerily through the cave. Perhaps now isn't the time to explore it ...
9 -- Your Hound starts barking loudly as soon as your handler enter the cave.
10 -- Your handler steps into the cave, and their foot crunches onto a Bone.
11 -- Event! -- A pair a shiny eyes reflect back at your handler. Submit a claim to investigate.
12 -- Your handler ventures into the cave, but wanders back out after a while, not wanting to get lost.
13 -- Your handler catches sight of ... something in the cave, and decides it's time to get back to the light outside.
14 -- Your handler can hear water dripping in the cave. They back out before they end up in a hidden pool.
15 -- Your handler notices some plants growing near the cave mouth. Receive an Azzaruan Plant.
16 -- Your Hound refuses to enter the cave, so your handler decides not to go in.
17 -- Event! -- The cave is full to the brim with ore! Receive an Ore Chunk x3. Submit a claim to report back to base camp.
18 -- The cave smell a little musty, and your handler can't make out much.
19 -- Your handler notices a Duskrat Tail Feather on the cave floor.
20 -- A duskrat bursts out of the cave just as your handler enter. Receive a Duskrat Hunt Tag.