Editing Midnight RPG - Chapter 22.411 (section)

=== Zal'Kazzir ===
::''*Ash-covered and haggard looking, Zal'Kazzir turns to Belal and begins to speak*'' 

"No matter how fun Baden's Bluff may or may not be, our task at present is to survive the journey, and to arrive fit enough to be effective when we get there."  

::''*Turning back to the group, Zal begins to draw a crude map in the ash with his stick as he continues''  

"Personally, I am of two minds; the part of me that is a father wants to head straight for the road, and press on with all haste." 

::''*Zal'Kazzir points to the road, then makes a quick motion north''

"However, I realize that the arrows render such a plan risky at best, and likely much worse. If the road is denied to us,"

::''*Zal'Kazzir scratches a slash across the road of ruin*'' 

"then my interest in is the fastest possible route, and that seems to be the difficult journey through the plains. Even if our overall movement is slower, and the journey harder than navigating the grasslands, there is a good chance we can pass most of the way to the Bluff completely unmolested by shadow forces. Also, if we choose the plains, we can make a direct line toward our destination,  

::''*Zal makes a steady furrow through the plains, towards Baden's Bluff*'' 

rather that being forced to constantly detour around patrols, camps and other elf-hostile areas that we cannot safely cross." 

::''*Zal traces a swerving, evasive path through the grasslands, much longer than the one he drew throught he plains*'' 

"However my friends, my understanding of these things is limited. I do not know the endurance of the elf-steeds, nor am I aware of what awaits us in the deep plains. What are your opnions?"