A Mouse in the Mountains
A Mouse in the Mountains or How Mouse got even. The war was going well. Yfel Malovil was nowhere to be found, and his minions had either all been killed or captured, or they went with him to wherever he fled. The monsters were being driven out of Newhome. This generally meant that the monsters who had lairs were tracked to them and killed, or that the monsters who had come from the mountains were hiding there. For the most part, monsters were becoming less common. This was good, as adventurers had become less common. It became widely know that you could get killed while adventuring, and often did. That put the whole business in a different light. Meanwhile, back at Castle Samovar.... Fall had come to the Castle domain. The leaves were turning and the harvest was ready. Every farmer was gathering and picking or plucking, whatever was needed. The work was hard, but the rewards this year would be good. The war had driven up the prices and the fields around Samov