Soon enough, they arrived at the plaza.  It had undergone some changes since the last time Forgath had met with refugees; a large stone stage of sorts had been constructed in the center, circular and surrounding the pillar, with three equally-spaced pairs of side-facing stairs allowing ascent.  The buildings at the plaza's edge had grown, most now standing three stories tall; between them and the addition of the stage, the rest of the plaza still felt to Forgath as if it had been lowered.  Various vendors with carts of the same pale wood milled about the plaza, occasionally hawking their wares to ponies passing by, though they gave Forgath and his procession a wide berth.  