It is the penultimate day of the Yellow Realm and the monsters are just too tired to make an appearence. All is quiet without Hrolf's mighty "RrraaaAAAAAaaaagghhh!!!"

B5 follows the Woodfolk.
All the little bashkars follow their leader.

Kabats the Swordsman (CURST VALLEY 5, Snow White Inn) chooses to go now.
- Search, loot (6,3) finds nothing
- Hide (2) Hides!
 Hands everything, save 3 treasures, to Atalanta.
- Move Curst Valley 2
The red Escort Party arrives at the Inn.
"Just need to quietly sneak out of town."

The Witch King's White Company Commander (BORDERLAND 1)
 Willies hands him some GOLD.
- Move Deep Lake 5
- Trade, friendly (4,6) NO DEAL
- Move Borderland 1
Reveals White Stink C and White Lost City which contains White Roar 4, and Red Howl 4. Nothing arrives.

Xelvonar the Wizard (BORDERLAND 6)
- Rest Magic IV3*
- Search, read runes (2) learns and awakens a type VIII spell on the Black Book.
- Search, read runes (5) cursed (6,2) DISGUST
- Move Borderland 4
"That wasn't supposed to happen."

Feanor the Great Elf (DESCENT 2)
 Gives the Witch the Black Book in exchange for the Sacred Grail, 30 Gold and the location of the Statue. Feanor then shows the statue to the Bashkar leader.
* Hide (3,1) Hides!
- Hide ~ cancel activity
- Search, loot the statue (4,4) finds nothing.
- Search, loot the statue (3,1) finds 3rd treasure in pile
Reveals Red Bones C and Red Lost City which contains White Flutter 2, Red Statue 2, White Slither 3, Red Cairns 5, and Red Hoard 6. Nothing arrives.

Atalanta the Woods Girl (CURST VALLEY 5, Snow White Inn)
 Activates shoes of stealth.
- Hide (5) Hides!
- Trade to WHQ, Ally, (5,6) OFFER Gold - 5, sell:
  + Flowers of Rest, 2 GOLD
  + (2) Short Swords, 8 GOLD
  + Shoes of Stealth, 9 GOLD
  + Handy Gloves, 9 GOLD
  + Alchemist Mixture, 4 GOLD
  + (2) Timeless Jewels, 82 GOLD
  + T8/H6 horse, 12 GOLD
  + M6/M5 horse, 10 GOLD
 Net: 136 GOLD.
- Move Curst Valley 2
"Hard to quietly sneak out of town with all this loose change in my pocket!"

Mikki the Amazon (HIGH PASS 4)
- Move Deep Woods 6
- Rest Move M4
* Move Awful Valley 5
- Hire, buy drinks for 4 GOLD, friendly (6,3) NO DEAL
"Good for 'nutin ka-nigets!"

The Bashkar Leader (DESCENT 2)
- Search, loot (6,4) finds nothing
- Search, loot (4,5) finds nothing
- Search, loot (6,2) finds nothing

Haggr the Dwarf (BORDERLAND 1)
- Hide (1) Hides!
- Rest Move T6*
- Rest Fight H5*
- Move Borderland 4
"All rested and ready for action!"

Willie the Witch King (BORDERLAND 1)
 Gets his GOLD back from WCHQ.
 Pops a Purple chit for no good reason.
- Rest Magic IV4*
- Move Borderland 6
- Move Borderland 4
"What a party!"

The Elf's Woodfolk Leader (GROSS VALLEY 2)
- Hide (4,5) Hides!
- Hide ~ cancel activity
- Move Shady Woods 2

Granny's familiar (DESCENT 3)
- Move Descent 2
- Search, peer (4,5) finds clues
- Search, peer (2,6) finds nothing

Granny the Witch (DESCENT 2)
- Hide (5,5) Hides!
 Activates the Black Book.
- Search, read runes (2,4) -1= 3 learns and awakens a type VIII spell
- Search, read runes (5,6) -1= 5 cursed, (4,5) ASHES
"That wasn't supposed to happen."

The Elf's Woodfolk and one bashkar wish they had a campfire to keep themselves warm.

The hidden Swordsman and Woods Girl spend a quiet night together.

The White Company Commander wonders where his employer went.

The Order (6,1) TROUBLE (6,4) Battle the Amazon.

The Witch and Great Elf hope that imp doesn't appear.

The Witch King, Dwarf and Wizard try to rub sticks together to make a fire.

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The Witch King casts Broomstick on himself using V2* and a Black chit.

The Wizard casts Blazing Lights with a Magic IV chit and Purple from the Witch King's Dragon Essence. Everybody in the clearing gets one extra phase on day 56.

The Witch King then hands Haggr 30 GOLD for the Lucky Charm and Xelvonar throws in one slightly used (only peered in 2 days) Phantom Glass gratis. The Living Sword is then returned to Haggr, squaring the books for all concerned.

The Witch casts Remedy on herself, twice, to remove her two curses, using two VIII chits and two Grey chits. She remains hidden.

The Amazon attempts to run away from the Order, drm: -5 (fastest attacker) +3 (Amazon move chit) +4 (number of attackers) = +2. (3,1) +2= 5, succeeds! The Amazon must now start day 56 with a move back to Awful Valley 5 because the roadway she came in on does not exist anymore!

Day 56 is regeneration day.

The Yellow Realm is infused with Gold Magic. All tiles with Gold magic flip, including the one with the Flowers of Rest! The Chasm also flips. The map has been updated to reflect this.

Day 56 orders are due Monday December 19, 2005 4:00 PM EDT.

Updated: December 15, 2005

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