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7th August 2013
The party gather together their scattered belongings and load them and Marys corpse onto the rapidly dwindling contingent of horses.
The chore complete they head onwards towards farm. The road grew closer to the edge of the forest and several of the group spotted that they were being watched from the nearby trees. Just as they reached the watchers location, they were met by Cedarleaf the head Druid who, after hearing their tale proposed a trade - If the group retrieved the Hill Cat corpses, the druid circle would attempt to channel the remaining life-forces of the cats into the body of Mary. This would cleanse the Cats souls, and possibly resurrect Mary. He warned that this had not been done for many generations and there were tales of unexpected side effects, but the group felt it was worth the risk.
Fashioning a litter of sorts (a travois) from fallen branches, the 3 hill cat corpses were brought to the druids who lay them on three Altars, with Marys body going on a central Altar. The Druids began chanting and passed around a strong drink that turned out to be a hallucinogenic. The visions seen by each member of hte ceremony were indescribable and lasted many hours while seeming only minutes long. As the chanting reached its peak, the bodies burst into flames and burned hot and long.
Next morning everyone awoke to find themselves still in the grove, with a newly resurrected Mary. It turned out that the warnings were indeed correct as Mary had absorbed so much of the cat life-force that it had transformed her - she now resembled a tall cat, complete with claws and tail!
