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The party headed east for a day and a half before finding the site of the ambush. The bodies had already been looted of valuables, but the bodies and the majority of their armaments remained untouched. Corliss grabbed a the cloak and helmet of a legionnaire for future use while others discovered a few scuff marks and tracks of a crate being dragged off into the wilderness. The party following this trail for a few hours before finding a small manor home hidden in the woods. The home was build of red brick with a red tile roof and arrow slits for windows. Ser Shadow deftly climbed atop the roof (and Rhagal scrambled after him) in an attempt to find an alternate entry into the manor. While atop the roof they realized that the center of the manor home had a large open courtyard with two half-orc guards, The pair leaped down and struck from behind, dispatching the guards before they could raise the alarm. However, the two rogues found themselves stranded with no obvious next move.
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