<blockquote><div><cite>Mindy wrote:</cite>"Erm, I'm not saying anything redundant, am I?"</div></blockquote><br/><br/>"No, it's perfectly alright," Alyssa replies. "Few travelers come to Rubinova, especially since the... events of ten years ago. Little news of the valley has reached our temple since the beginning of winter. Fortunately, it seems that the influence of Free Kingdom has been similarly delayed."<br/><br/>"I do wonder, though, if the changes to Orev have been orchestrated entirely by Gyriax. The land north of here, for instance... while the rest of the valley is covered in snow, a day's travel would put us in sweltering heat, with flora and fauna the likes of which I've never seen! It hardly seems like something a white dragon would intentionally create."