The road was long, as certainly less-traveled. Apparently only Rewdhrim had walked along this trail, as vines crept in from all sides, a few of them with machete marks in them from where he made space to get past. Not too long into his journey, there was an unusually large pile of leaves taking up the entire width of the path. There was no reason for there to be an obvious trap at this point, and Bardur tossed a nearby stick onto the leaves. Of course, the trap was revealed and a huge, gaping hole was left there. This must be the work of the Rangers – they are the only ones agile enough to leap over a gap this big. Despite this fact, Bardur barely made it across. He felt exhausted after this feat, and laid down to rest…only to find a lump in the ground where his head lay. As he rose, an "X" appeared where his head was that wasn't there when he had laid down. This was just way too easy, he thought. Surely there wouldn't be a marker where a God Wars item was buried! Nonetheless, his spade was nearly rusted and useless when he found what was left there.
"Dear God.
The White dragonhide!"
By now, Bardur was beyond paranoia. There was ABSOLUTELY no way the dragonhide would be this easy to locate and dig up. Either it's fake, the armies of the Gods were stupid beyond belief, or there was a reason for the marking. Moments later, after thinking his feeble warrior mind to its limits, it came to him.
The Mage had spotted the Range scout staring at that very point in the trail, and attacked him. The scout, under heavy fire, marked the spot with an arrow, and covered an area close to it with leaves. However disgruntled after his victory, the Mage fell for the classic leaf trap, thinking the dragonhide was underneath. So, Frovtin was wrong – Tern hadn't killed the scout, the scout did!
The robes and armor were therefore dropped by the Mage, which Tern later found and took back to the Castle…
Bardur had finally figured it out. Tern, the Rangers, had both the armor and robes, he had the 'hide, while the Mages had nothing. He was determined to make sure it stayed that way.
