| 392 With the deep roar of the Laneslem receding into the distance you set Pallenten again on a course for the south-west. Ahead the country is open, a series of low hills and grass-covered flatlands interspersed frequently by small stands of trees. At the end of the growing season these grasslands are a swath of rich green, the air cool and fresh from the winds that blow down from the mountains. In this vista of wild beauty Pallenten's hooves ring a rymthic drumbeat on the soft earth as you gallop on to the Devkraager Tor. To the west, almost to the horizon, you can see the dark moving shape of a herd of grazing Sempaca beasts as they slowly travel southwards to the warmer weather of the grasslands. Drawn down from their normal range on the plateaus of the Rift Mountains these large animals have found good grazing on the low plains, their migration an unchanging part of the life of Northern Kalborea. Above the wandering herd you also see the more ominous sign of a huge storm front building in the north-west. You have seen such weather many times before and you hope it does not move in your direction.
| Turn to section 374.
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