In the town of Timberton, just another flyspeck community on the long Coast Road, weary citizens hunker down, do their work, and wait for spring. Here in the west, there are as many stories of woe and misfortune as there are travelers, and people have learned not to ask too many questions of those that the road brings to places like this one.

The town’s one feature of note is the Laughing Dragon. In this oasis, the ale flows freely, the hearths drive back the chill, and people allow themselves to laugh and feel like more than they are. Strangers are tolerated here, as much for the coin they bring as for the tales they tell. The townsfolk have their own tales, stories of monsters and warlocks and grim fate. Here, in the tavern, such dark tellings can be laughed away with another round. But the sounds of the cold wind and the winter rain beat down against the walls and roof, a constant reminder that at some point, the dreary world outside waits for you again.

It’s another day on the Sword Coast.

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Dungeon Masters: Jonnytheshirt,
Players: brotherfinn as Findlewick Bandraggle, FrozenSnowy as Nickris Biscuit, Mackas as Jak, maxxis as Alure, Tony Walsh [Gloomveil] as Eune of Elsewhere,