After a brief discussion, it was decided that a hunter of his skills would be a useful addition, they headed off into the hinterlands. The travel is uneventful, at the end of the second day, the Lions of Twilight established a camp at the base of the foothill where they will wait for a week before returning to Asku-Korla. That night, something is spotted flying high against the stars. Bertram loads up his arbalest with a magical flare a sunrod suspended from a parachute to reveal the flyer.
Which is shown to be a square flying platform, someone on the platform lets loose a blast of fire incinerating the parachute and casing the flare to plummet to the ground. Neville staggers back in just before morning with the flare. The next morning, our brave hunting party left behind their escort and advanced up into the hills. Guided by a one-eyed scout who is just warning them about the dangers when he is caught by a giant scorpion and brutally killed.
Between wild martial arts, charger driven lances, sonic spells and a darned big arbalest, the scorpion is slain. Bertram collects what venom he can from the creatures tail. A bit warier of danger, they continue up into the hopefully wyvern infested wilds.
There is some disagreement about how best to approach the problem of finding and then capturing a wyvern. Tae Boe expects that his personality and bloodline will force the wyvern to submit to him. The others are not so sure to put it politely. Bertram plans an ambush using a goat and bait to get it close enough to hit barbed bolt attached to a cable to bring the wyvern down where upon Tae Boe can overwhelm it with his personality.
Lorrend and Lieu scout around, only to be attacked by a young wyvern, which they lure back into the prepared ambush by running very fast. After some recriminations about the failure of the plan, Tae Boe stalks off in pursuit, followed by Lieu. Lieu manages to keep Tae Boe from doing anything rash while the others discuss and adjust the ambush sight for the best results.
