Fellowship of the Dudes

Book 1: There and Back Sometime
The Search For Battle Mountain

Stardate 09052010:
We left The Shire in search of possible companions in Bree (Davis). Much mead was drunk at Sophia’s Tavern with fellow sorcerers Eric, Kai, Hiram & many more.

We got to rethink the entire first half of our plan (because distances look much shorter on Google Maps). No companions were found (well, Hiram found one but they’re headed back south) so we soldiered on.

Our band of two was due east, finally realizing there was no turning back. Having traveled further from the shire then we have in quite some time, we said goodbye to California.

Next was Reno, NV (the land of a fellow shire-dweller Taylor)! Austigorn had never been to a casino, so we stopped in to have a bit of the local-lands mead and try our chance at fortune, and so Ethan (King of the Elves) approved for our mighty steed to make a stop.

From Reno we traveled into the sanded lands of west Nevada en route to the supposed heathen horn of Battle Mountain (Nevada). On our journey there we had to pass through ‘The Summit of Galconda’, forge beyond ‘Iron Point’, break the gates of ‘Stonehouse’ and finally crossing ‘Mote’. (For the record, all of these places really exist on the way to Battle Mountain)

The forges burn through the night at Iron Point

Finally arriving in the lands of Battle Mountain we realized this was no place of fear, but an awesome and welcoming landscape of gambling and interesting people. The only ones we have had to fight have been the mosquitoes, which is understandable because we had slain so many of their comrades on our metal steed.

In B.M. we got a hotel room, showered (made #3) and went to the nearest tavern to relax after a long day of travel! While we looked for our usual mead of Jameson, we learned the folk of Battle Mountain believe the red-head people that hail from the land of Ireland are pussies. So we drank upon a glass of Jack.

Then back to our hotel room to retire for the eve.

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