<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/4f/A099c61e24428cfee4fee43167068f37.jpg)</div><br/>With breakfast concluded, the group set off, a couple of hours travel bringing them to the village the innkeeper had spoken of. The village did not seem much different to many others in the region, nestled on the bank of a small river, with cropfields spreading out to the surrounding forest. Perhaps half a mile from the road sat a fortified manor house, surrounded by a wall high enough to inconvenience anything short of a proper military force. Smoke curled up from a few chimneys, and a number of villagers could be seen working the fields, while a handful of children were noisily playing in the village square.<br/><br/>"What do you think?" Imriel asked, turning to look at the others. "Shall we call upon the lord of this manor then?"