Lotharn wanted to know the same thing. Knowing their kind they would not be close to humans. They would be deep in a forest and surrounded by magic to protect their city and lands. "A good two days ride to the forest and then another day within the forest to Greendale. Three days of dangerous travel. Hopefully we will reach the ruins of Mon Clair before nightfall tonight. It should afford some protection should we be followed." Timberlane said.<br/><br/>"Ruins?" Lotharn asked.<br/><br/>"Ancient ruins." Timberlane told them. "They were here before the elves came and before mankind rose from the primative state that had them living in caves. No one knows how long they have been here but who ever built them were long gone when the humans began to build their kingdoms."<br/><br/>The ride out of the city was uneventful, people were just rising and going about their morning routines to prepare for the coming day. Lotharn wanted to know more. "This land was inhabited by people once? Are there any records or anything that tells us what they were like?"<br/><br/>"Only some faded paintings on walls that depict them as looking like reptiles of some sort, some say they looked like dragons in humanoid bodies. They look human in form except for scales and their tails. Well at least in the pictures. No bones or crypts have been found with any bodies. But their ruins lie everywhere, in the forests, mountains and some on the flatlands between the mountain ranges further to the east."<br/><br/>A race of people that had occupied the land before mankind and elves. He wanted to learn more about these people. They rode basically in silence and at a fast pace.