<strong>Name:</strong>Lauriel<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Some distance from the Inn<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Open<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Lauriel was depressed.  What seemed a great idea at the time - leaving her forest home on short notice to pursue any signs or leads on the whereabouts of those fascinating ‘green men’ - has come biting back at her in strides.  First, getting hopeless lost.  She followed one direction she thought she saw the green men headed.  When doubt was starting to settle on the choice she made she backtracked, only to soon realize that she has completely lost her way, even back to her home!  Second, the lands beyond her forest are a complete unknown.  Lauriel’s first night in the open was a terrifying experience to say the least.  Unlike the forest which provided a reassuring ambiance, the open plains felt hollow and unsettling, open to imagined and real threats conjured by the elfmaid’s naive mind. Trying to sleep on the unfamiliar ground gave no end of discomfort for Lauriel, wishing she were back in the comfort and security of her home back at the village.  Finally, she did not much prepare in the way for provisions for a long journey.   In her haste, she only managed to pack some fruits and sweet breads.<br/><br/>Lauriel did not know how long and how far she has travelled, but all the food she carried was no longer with her.  Still very much wandering aimlessly she had yet to meet someone in her journey, and still no sign of those green men.  She did, however, encountered a small pack of wolves ways back, with slavering intentions of making her their dinner.  It took half of her arrows to make the surviving pack to reconsider a lone elfmaid as easy prey.<br/><br/>Just when it seemed that she was ready to resign herself to her hopeless situation, Lauriel stumbles upon a house!  After wandering for so long and going through a lot of hardships, Lauriel found renewed hope upon finding this large structure before her, a place where people dwell and find shelter.  And if that was not enough, her weary eyes were rewarded – identifying the distinct shapes and color of the green men’s beasts nearby.  “It’s the green men!  I’ve finally found them!”<br/>