The Bard and Sorcerer's Return from the Itzamatul Temple

Quest: We escape the collapsing Itzamatul Temple with the Ancient Amulet!

Escaping from the now destroyed Temple with the Ancient Amulet in hand, our heroes, the Bard and the Sorcerer, start to make their way home through the Forest. They first encountered fruit trees laden with ripe fruit. Attempting to determine whether or not the fruit was safe to eat, the Sorcerer, while trying to examine it, inhaled a lungful of the stench and nearly choked on it. The two decided that it was perhaps safer to leave the fruit alone.

From there, our heroes found themselves walking into a little town. Guards were posted at the entrance, carefully vetting everyone who entered the town. The Guards took one look at our weary adventurers and scoffed. "You can't possibly be heroes!" they laughed.

"Of course we are!" The Bard took up a handful of treasure the duo had gotten from the Temple. "Why else would we have these?"

Without warning, the Guard drew his sword and stabbed the Bard in the leg, laughing as she yelped in pain and surprise, dropping the treasure to the road. "An adventurer would have stopped me from stabbing them!"

Needless to say, our heroes opted not to stay in town for the night.

While making camp some distance out of town, suddenly the howls of wolves could be heard, drawing nearer. They were probably attracted to the stench of blood from the Bard's leg wound. The Sorcerer took up a handful of dirt and whipped it at the lead wolf's eyes, blinding her. Unfortunately she shook the dirt off and, enraged, continued to attack with her fellow pack-mates. The Bard and Sorcerer managed to beat them back, but not without taking more damage themselves.

The next day, as our heroes wearily continued on their way, they encountered a rock-slide. Thankfully they were able to find their way around it unscathed. Unfortunately, on the other side a Guard from the town they passed was waiting for them with a warrant for the Sorcerer's arrest; it seems he was accused of murder! The Guard grabbed hold of the Sorcerer and started to shake him, but at just that moment, a stampede of wild beasts roared through the area. Our heroes lost the guard in the chaos. They attempted to hide behind a tree, but it crumbled away to nothing as the stampede tore through. They barely escaped with their lives. 

From there, they encountered a serpent which had been disturbed by the stampede. The Bard bravely drew her sword and managed to kill it before it could do more damage to them. Unfortunately, a Master of Swords saw the action and challenged the Bard to a duel. In the fight, the Bard caught the Sword Master's arm; the Sword Master reacted by stomping on the Bard's foot. It wasn't a very dignified fight; the Sword Master fled after the Sorcerer started laughing over the absurdity of it all. 

From there, our heroes limped into a field where they saw an old woman sitting by a cauldron. Through some miracle, she didn't notice them drop to the ground and hide. After she eventually finished whatever it was she was doing and hobbled off, they went to investigate. They found some powerful smelling herbs which they took, hoping it would keep more beasts away as they continued on their way home. Luckily, it worked! Our heroes encountered no further trouble from man or beast as they stumbled their way home, walking right up to the tavern for a well deserved drink.