The horses were all ready to go, packed up with supplies and looking refreshed. Balazor, Egland and Silindra and their son had horses as well prepared for them. The journey for the group would take them into the lands of the Horse Clans. A great open plains with hills and spotted here and there with forests. There were a number of clans, but no clan that controlled the others. Only once during the war had the Clans gathered under one leader and clan. The Great Warrior of the Plains arose among them and somehow had ended the bickering between them and united them to forge the largest cavalry army known. Little could stand up to a charge of such a force and they had turned the tide of battle at the Valley of the Undead. The Great Warrior of the Plains ruled for a number of years until his death. After his burial in a tomb, the clans again fell to bickering and warring upon each other. Travelers had to be wary when crossing the plains. Merchants would deal with the clans and have standards that they would carry to give them some form of protection from being attacked and robbed of their goods. Others took their chances and usually had a strong contingent of soldiers or mercenaries with them. They would be traveling alone, but Timberlane said, "We should not have much trouble with the Clansmen." At least he hoped they wouldn't.<br/><br/>Balazor, Egland, Silindral and Persus mounted up on their horses. "We will be going back the way you came and then south to deal with Morgan. Your path leads in the opposite direction. " He smiled. "Good journey to you all, and may you be successful in your quest." The four turned their mounts and headed for the gate. Once at the gate they just disappeared.<br/><br/>Timberlane chuckled. "Well then my friends shall we go. Once through the gate we should appear where we were in the pass."<br/><br/>It was not long before they were through the gate and reappearing in the Pass. It was a strange sensation to Thorgan to be able to move from one place to another like that. He did not know of any such magic like that, though he was not that familiar with magic, but such could be used for war in transporting large number of troops from one place to another quickly. He wondered if only Balazor knew such magic. If so, it was a good thing, for he felt that that kind of magic should never fall into the wrong hands.<br/><br/>Once everyone was through, Thorgan took the lead and began moving in the direction that they had been going before they visited Balazor. Once again their journey began and he wondered what lay before them. He had never been to the Great Plains, nor to that part of their world. This would be an experience for him and an opportunity to make contact with the other kingdoms for trade and other things. That is if they had time for such things.