[Gulnyr]

*motions with her hand to get attention, then takes a deep breath, hesitates, and whispers*

Let's start at the beginning and talk our way through events so far.

In Lannisport, we listened to an aged Human man tell us about his missing granddaughter. He said she had run off with a bard who had been in the local tavern. Noran? Is that what he called the bard? *shrugs* When we asked the innkeeper about the bard, he said the bard flirted with the local girls and played with a ring a lot. He also said several local girls were not in the tavern as they usually would have been at that time. I think we heard the bard may have left for Karthy, and we also heard a rumor about a missing wagon in Stone.

Rather than journey through the swamp to Karthy, we went south to Stone and asked about the wagon. The farmer's daughter told us the wagon had been stolen from her family during the night. I can't remember the exact details of the conversation, but afterward we felt that the wagon had been stolen by the bard, and that there may have been more than one of the girls with him. The farmer's daughter also told us a rumor about the cat people beyond the Belgaer Hills, though it seemed unimportant at the time. We agreed to take her harvest of hops to Point Harbor since the wagon was stolen. Was there any other reason we went there? I can't remember.

When we arrived in Point Harbor, we found a Human man sitting naked in the street. He told us a man matching the description of the bard had shared a room with him and had stolen all his things, including a special ring that could charm people. We promised to get his ring back, and the hops was taken to the docks. Then we left for Karthy. There were a few brief sightings of the cat people on the way, but nothing came of it.

In the Wolfswood, we asked a Ranger if he had seen the bard or the girls, or a wagon. He had seen them all. He told us there were four or five girls in the wagon with a man, and that they were behaving as if very drunk *frowns*. He also showed us a bag of garbage that had been thrown from the wagon as it passed through the forest. The bag contained many empty wine bottles with Xeenite markings *frowns more*, and there were also a wig and a make-up kit much like actors use. The wig matched the hair description of the bard. The Ranger pointed us in the direction that the wagon went.

Farther along that path, we came to the broken bridge and found the wagon abandoned. The bears probably saw them *shrugs*, and that single giant on the far side of the chasm remembered a man. The giant said a man and a single girl entertained him and his family with music. They were so entertained that his mother and brother danced right off the cliff. *closes her eyes and shakes her head as if it were just too odd to consider*

We left there to go to Karthy, where we made a stop at the temple of Xeen. *frowns* Did we only go to the temple because of the wine bottles? Was there another reason? I can't remember. I don't know what happened inside the temple, but if it has nothing directly to do with our current situation, please don't share it. *narrows her eyes*

Is there any detail anyone can add up to this point? Anything could be important. *looks to the others*