Bluestone: The Forest, the Path, and the River

Escaping from marauders into a forest refuge, a group of fugitives depend on each other to survive as they are driven ever deeper into a landscape they know of only from myth and legend. As the danger that drove them there threatens to overtake them, they have to depend on one reluctant companion to survive. Can Driffan lead them to safety, or only to ultimate doom?
In this story of fantasy and survival, flee with the characters from pursuing evil into an unknown wilderness. Can their individual skills keep them all alive, or are there greater powers at work? If so, do these powers care about the fate of a few lost stragglers?