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With the lizardmen dispatched, the party found themselves in a small guardroom. A second door opened onto a fog-enshrouded boardwalk on the lakeshore. No other guards were in sight, so the four survivors slipped across the boardwalk and beach, and into the lake, where they parallelled the shore until they found a boat. They quietly untied it from its mooring and slipped off into the fog.
 
With the lizardmen dispatched, the party found themselves in a small guardroom. A second door opened onto a fog-enshrouded boardwalk on the lakeshore. No other guards were in sight, so the four survivors slipped across the boardwalk and beach, and into the lake, where they parallelled the shore until they found a boat. They quietly untied it from its mooring and slipped off into the fog.
  
When they finally emerged into the clear air of the lake, they saw a spectacular sight. Though it was still night, the faint moonlight revealed the shattered stump of the tree emerging from the fog behind them, and the massive trunk and crown toppled into the lake, the long branches stills stretching higher than any of the other trees of the city. A small flotilla of elven boats were in the water around the tree. Patroclus' boat could be seen a considerable distance in the opposite direction, anchored close to the fog banks. The party nosed their boat back into the fog and slowly made their way to the waiting boat, cautiously staying within the edge of the bank.
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A visibly relieved dwarf quickly hauled the four survivors up onto the deck and hurried them down into the hold before they could be spotted. He explained that the elves had already come to investigate the boat, and that the only way he had been able to assuage their suspicions had been by giving them ample supplies to help them with rescuing any elves trapped in the toppled tree. He explained that he would need to wait until dawn before leaving, so as not to raise suspicions.
 
 
 
As the sun peaked over the eastern horizon, spreading a glow through the ever-present fog, Patroclus pulled in his anchor and prepared to make way. But just as the great wheels began to churn the water, a voice was heard calling from the water below. The incredulous crew looked over the railings to see Aldur, reported dead by the other party members, was very much alive and splashing in the water below, waving and yelling in an attempt to get their attention. A line was thrown and the soaked elf was hauled on board.
 
  
 
To be continued as DM's time permits...
 
To be continued as DM's time permits...
  
 
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