Tales From The Dreull Lands: In The Still of the Night

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Tales From The Dreull Lands: In The Still of the Night

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Welcome to Tales From The Dreull Lands. Within you find the first story to grace the new core of Ravenloft. Please leave comments and critique in this thread instead of breaking up the continuity of the story.

This is Season 1, Episode 1. Join Ketha as she winds down for the night and encounters the wilflife and natives of Mort Yeux during the evening and the terrors that await her in the night.
In The Still of the Night
Part 1: Setting Up Camp
Ketha sat down on the grass. “Damn, it’s been a hell of a long day,” she said to herself. She looked around for some flat land. Her eyes settled on an elevated area clear of vegetation. “Okay.”

She took of her pack and slowly removed her chainmail. With the last strap unfastening the armor, she felt relief. “Ohhh,” she moaned, “That’s better.” She got up and stretched. After some exercise, Ketha retrieved her tent from her pack and set it up on the elevated spot. “Hmm,” she said as she fished around in her pack, “I know I put it in here somewhere.” After rummaging through her pack her eyes came upon it. “Bingo,” she exclaimed as he removed the wrapped parcel. She undid the strings on the parcel and it unwrapped into tarp just big enough to cover the floor of the tent. She then unfastened her bedroll from the bottom of the pack and set it up in the tent.

“Okay, now I just need to rustle up some dinner and start the fire,” she replied as she finished putting a blessing on her tent. Ketha gathered up some loose branches from the nearby trees and some rocks. She placed the rocks in a circle formation and put the loose branches in the middle of the circle. She then undid a flap on one of the pouches hanging from her belt and removed her flint and steel. In less than a minute, Ketha had the fire started.

She then walked over to her equipment pile and snapped up her bow. “Time to find some wildlife suitable for dinner.” She then heard a rustle from behind one of the nearby trees. She pulled back on the bow and the ring on her right lit up for a brief second, enabling an arrow to form on the string. A rabbit hopped into Ketha’s line of sight. “Mmm.....wild hare, that’ll do quite nicely,” she whispered to herself. She aimed the arrow at the hare at let it fly. The arrow sliced right through the middle of the hare, killing it instantly.

Ketha walked over to the rabbit and retrieved it. She then snapped off a piece of wood and shoved it through the dead rabbit’s body. She then walked over to the fire and roasted the critter. In less than an hour she was feasting on its succulent meat.
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