| 280 After a hard fought battle the Hresh lay dead at your feet. But you are alive. Looking quickly around you search urgently for Pallenten. The last you saw of her she was trying to remove the fifth Hresh from her back, the look in her eyes one of anger and frustration. Thankfully it does not take long to find her. At a canter she returns from the east, crashing through the brush and coming to a rest in front of you. The fifth Hresh is nowhere to be seen. Without hesitation you remount and set Pallenten on a course directly for the south-west, you have wasted too much time as it is, and your foolishness in following these creatures has almost led to your downfall. Still you did find out a few important facts that will aid you in your quest. Firstly, you know for certain that the Hordim are abroad and secondly, that they are here in organised bands. Well armed and well trained they will be a formidable obstacle to the completion of your quest, and there is no doubt the closer you get to the mountains the more of them there will be. You can only hope that you will not meet too many. Pallenten gallops on, the plains only slowly changing as you go. From the deep soft earth of the plains you can now see the ground is becoming harder and the grasses sparser. To the south and west large, stony outcrops of boulders have begun to appear, huge piles of granite that thrust out of the plains like they have been thrown there by giants. There is still a long way to go and from the north the storm is starting to bear down. You will have to find shelter soon.
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