Home to the former Capital City, Taloh Tel’Amrun, the river Awyl branched from the lake of Mere de la Lune creeping far northward, passing between Brie and King’s Court for many days travel to where it connected with the river of Runya. The southern weald was where the main battle of Taloh Tel’Amrun was fought, and where the scorched earth, blackened stumps, and ashes of the great southern arm of T’aquar can still be found. This is a vast region of dunes of ash and hills covered with burnt trees like broken teeth for nearly a week’s travel in nearly any direction. Small villages and isolated dwellings dot the outskirts of the burned and blasted weald.
The looks of T'aquar, or at least what was left of the southern part of it, were quite unsettling as any other time he'd seen it after the War. A shiver ran up his spine. Maybe, just maybe, everything would be better on the other side of the Runya, the river that divided parts of T'aquar. They would take the shortest route, between the tree stumps, over hills, through the fields of ashes. He'd given the Emerald Guardsmen the task to lead the force, going point, while one of them stayed behind as a rear guard.
In the meantime, Thran used the ashes to blacken his arms and face. His trousers were tucked inside his boots, so it would not stir anything too much. This is where Pan leads me, this is where I'll go he thought as he used the ashes to darken his clothes too. He gave one of the able bodied men his bladed staff, and told the group he'd move parallel to them, hiding whenever he could, trying to move about as quiet as he could. If someone, adhiel or human or orc would try to surprise them, the Bloodling had one surprise up his sleeve for them. He wouldn't shoot to kill unless they were Orc or definately Oneist or Western Kingdom scum.
During his travelling he'd signal them to rest every tide for a minimum of ten marks, just so he could track a bit back and see they weren't followed. He would take no chances on this. He didn't know who was here, only heard the rumours of skirmishes between adhiel and westerners. He didn't want to hurt his own people, but didn't want to get hurt either.