Este Donelli disembarked with a great feeling of satisfaction. Not a few marks passed and they had already set foot on land where no one but it's inhabitants had gone before. This would prove to be an interesting mission, one with great potential for the Mouth, if not in trade then perhaps in allies to strengthen their position among the Isles.
Pleased with the adequate actions of Quinlan, he nodded to the man as he surveyed the landscape. As beautiful as it was, it struck him that it seemed disturbed somehow. The plateau on which they had landed was all rock, with several large beams, possibly pillars, standing on the edges of it, some broken off, other toppled over. The sky was darkening already as the sun was sinking below the mountain ridge slowly.
"This island must see a shorter day than the rest of the world, with the large wall of rock surrounding it."
Meanwhile the cartographer had also left the skiff after the envoy, taking in the same sights and perhaps drawing some of the same conclusions as Donelli. "Considering the large mountains encircling the island, we will see the fall of evening a lot sooner than we would normally. I gather the village is not more than a mark on foot, but the walls indicated a secured settlement and I doubt arriving at nightfall will do our image much good."
Donelli interjected. "I would agree. I think it would be best to make camp here for the night, then wait for the morning before we set out to meet the locals. Who knows what that forest holds for us, and if they are hostile we will not be able to defend ourselves adequately in the confines of the woods."
Meanwhile, Leforestier and his men were checking the skiff, making sure the lift globes were all in order on the outside, checking the wings and sails and doing random tasks while the soldiers secured the perimeter.
Meanwhile, in the shadow of the forest, not twenty meters away from them, a shadow skulked through the foliage, observing the newcomers.
"They will join us soon..."
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