<The town of Rockcreek is not much more then three streets.  A main east-west street and two smaller north-south streets.  A few dozen shops, homes and religious centers hug the packed dirt streets.  The main reason for the town is the regional trading post and government town hall in the center of the town.  A young man of 22 years rides into the town down the north-south road on a stout brown mare.  He's medium height, around 5'10, with a strong athletic build and a young looking face, even for 22.  He wares a gold helmet that fans out slightly on the back of the neck, has a protruding nose protector and a small red stripe on top.  His red tunic is tucked neatly into his brown pants in the style of Malshirian infantrymen.  However, he wares a large broadsword on his back with a large red stone on the end of the pummel.  This is not the normally issued short sword and gold shield of the infantry.  The sword fits diagonally on his back with a bow fitting the opposite way on his back.  A stack of arrows sit in the quiver to left on his horse.<br/>He rides through town quietly watching the townspeople.  many of them are packing up.  Much of the population in these northern parts are leaving in fear of the brutal attacks from the Midnight Forest.<br/>The young soldier rides past the town hall to a small shop for medicines, drugs, and alchemy.  He stops, looking for a moment at a letter and then back to the shop.  He grunts and then folds the paper up into a pocket in his pants and dismounts from his horse.  Tying up his horse he walks into the shop to found out what he's been called to do in the letter.>