Star & Scale #2

Zebedee, Eden, May, and the being who revealed itself as being called "Gift" made their way toward Caim along the main road between the city and the port

Along the way they came upon a farmer named Alton Roads, trapped beneath his broken ox cart

• Eden jumped to action directing the group where to go and what to do: Gift and Eden worked on healing Alton, May worked on fixing the cart, and Zeb chased down and calmed the ox, bringing it back

Impressed by the display, Alton invited the group back to the beautiful Roads Farm where they met his son, Gemma, who pretended to attack and defeat each of them

• Alton explained Gemma wants to be a relic hunter, and Gemma claimed to be the powerful Avalon, which caused May to stop playing and walk away

Alton fed the group and told them about the Myers clan, a group of farmers who allowed their farm to fall into ruin and have been stealing from surrounding farms. The Ionlann and town guard don't make too many round this far out, so he'd appreciate the group giving the Myers a scare

The group discovered old weapons and a couple magic items left around the farm, ostensibly by the Myers after their attacks. Gemma had been using them to play relic hunter

• The group found a monocle that can translate written script and a shield that blocks arrows more efficiently.

The group tracked a trail to a cave where they found a troll named Grimm and many piles of old weapons. Speaking Giant, the group was able to communicate with him and found that Grimm had made friends with Gemma and was helping him fulfill his dream of glory

He agreed to hunt down the Myers clan with the group, and when they arrived on the farm, they found it desolate and empty

They all raced back to Roads farm to find the Myers clan cleaning the crops out. A fight ensued where the group attempted to scare and knock out the Myers while Grimm ended a couple lives before being convinced to reign in the violence

The Myers will defeated and Thomas Myers, the head of the family, accepted seeds from Gift and seemed scared, intimidated, and convinced enough to maybe give the farm another shot with the help of other families, including the Roads.

Gemma, seeing the bodies of the people Grimm killed, was now terrified of the troll, and hid from him. Grimm was devastated and left back to his cave.

The group went to talk to him and persuaded him not to give up on Gemma, but now was a time to keep his distance.

With that, the group left the farm and continued their trip to Caim.