Outside 47: [Insert seasonal phrase that will be outdated when this thread ends]

[Murkus]

[The Old Forest]

"I don't know how he managed to come back from his exile," the Old Man Forest admits. "Nor can I know what he plans now. I've felt his scent in the air. It's different now, He's grown from the mayhem in the city on the river and there's a smell of embers about him. He must have been making pacts for the gift of fire."

[The Old Forest]

Adir's grimace deepens. "Anything that feeds off of what happened in Riverside can't be good." The stag peers at the Old Man. He shifts his weight from hip to hip, one hand on the strap of his pack. "There must be a reason you thought to warn me. Even if you don't know his plans, maybe you can guess?"