Scouts would go ahead of the royal party and warn the villages and bigger settlements about the dragons so that they didn't prepare for an attack. "Some people are not happy with the arrangement, true. I'm sure some of your people aren't content with it as well. It well take some time for all the wounds caused by the war to heal." It's bad a days journey to the next village. This one is actually on the ground, built around the shores of a small lake that could be seen from the air. It had been one of the hardest hit because it's visible. "It might be wise for the dragons to stay out of sight until people have time to voice their concerns about the dragons," Riven had advised them.