Among the prisoners being held in the town hall of Garrett's Junction are Imogene and Spence. Imogene is a grizzled veteran of these wild parts, a former miner and currently a free-ranging guide. She helps guide and escort supply wagons into the eastern hills to the mines. She is also a frequent traveler in the upper peaks to the south and west, often on clandestine missions for various individuals. Sometimes they hire her to scout mine locations, sometimes to track the threat level of any monsters in the region.
She was on her way back to Garrett's Junction with news of a band of stirring fire giants near Kern's Spire. She was overtaken by the hostile "army," and taken prisoner.
Among the townspeople grabbed during the orcs' capture of the town was Spence Blackarm. Spence is an honored elder in the town, as he is nearly 80. He is also very willing to speak his mind. He claims that all this upheaval and destruction - orcs, fire giants, etc. - is the result of the dragon being awakened. He insists that there is no hope of improvement as long as the dragon is still alive, and will urge you to strike out and battle it.
Between the two of them, Imogene and Spence, they suggest a route more or less directly southwest. This route crosses beautiful, springy pastureland to the edge of the rocky slopes, then climbs up into the grey, fuming pits of the wastelands southwest of Aron's Bowl. Spence insists it is the only route to take, and that he himself wandered aimlessly through much of the swamp as a young man seeking for adventure. He doesn't remember any problems, or special concerns.
Imogene has traveled into these brackish fens before as well, and will offer to guide the party through its paths if desired. She knows there is a brooding darkness that haunts the fens, but has never had any issues with any individual creatures.
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