The River Moss Patrol

The River Moss Patrol

Here is the page that records all the patrols taken to the River Moss. I would suggest reading this if you are considering taking this patrol.

River Moss Patrol One
By: Kyieslee
Gold Collected: 95 gold coins, a gold ring and 3 gold bars
Number of Beast Seen: 28 beasts
Other Items: A finely crafted broad sword, a silver chain necklace, a ruby and a spear
Notes: I discovered an otter holt nearby, i'd recommend patrolers be careful and take there camp further downstream
Patrol Event: It was rather unprofitable for the first while, by the third day I had only ran into ten beasts and I only had 30 gold coins. I ended up taking to the skies and relocating several times before I managed to find a local that seemed to get more traffic. Near the end of my patrol I ran into a relatively small fleet of log boats, suprisingly they had a flag which bore the symbol of sea vermin. I called to them from the shore and demanded they pay up, a large shrew in tattered corsair garb stumbled over to the side nearest me and it was quite apparent that he was very drunk. The shrew said in a slurred tone that they where the vermin seabeasts of mossflower and that he had a hostage 'frum reeedwaaiill' that he was going to use to get his loot from the abbeybeasts in a bargain for the hostages life. Regretfully I let them pass, since they probably only had junk aboard with the state the ship appeared to be in. Near nightfall however they came back the way they had come. The drunken ! shrew was now making a bit more sense and he boasted from the boat that he was a genius and and the redwallers had paid up. I quickly invited them to stop at my site for a 'celebration' the fools played right into my trap, the grog was brought out and a good part of the hoard where soon drunk, stumbling around singing old sea songs and trying to kill one another. I swiftly dissapeared and payed a little visit to thier boats. Surely enough the beast had several chests full of gold coins near the back of the largest log boat. I took the loot and filled the chests with sand so they wouldn't notice a difference in weight, the fools left the next day. After that I managed to earn a good deal, I was careful to get the exact location down on the map for future referance.

River Moss Patrol Two
By: Redwake
Gold Collected: 278 gold coins,
Number of Beast Seen: 23 beasts
Other Items: precious gems such as emeralds,rubys,and saphiresand a finely forged dirk
Notes: While I was watching for creatures along the stream I saw 2 rats. On the other bank. I quickly hid and watched them pass. They looked like tracker rats and had no valuables. This could meen there is another vermin horde near by. So keep a sharp eye out while your in the area.
Patrol Event: So far the patrol hadn't brought in as much as I had expected All I saw was a few woodlanders and 2 tracker rats. As I waited hidden in the tree tops I saw a mouse coming toward me. It was probably looking for the stream to drink. When he passed underneath me I sprang in front of him. You have to pay a toll to get through, I told him.What toll, he asked me. Everything you got, I laughed. I expected quite a lot of gold from him because he seemed more classy than the othersI had stopped.

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