The sun's evening rays filter through the pale trunks of those birch trees which cling to the western edge of the Old Trail. Warm spring air has turned cool as the daylight slips away and is made chill by the long shadows cast across the dirt path to Clearwater. To the east of the trail farmhouses and barns can be seen squatting atop the gently rolling farmlands. Here and there a light can be seen within a window in response to the dimming sun.<br/><br/>The trail is not a dangerous one by any means but it is rarely traveled upon in these times as most prefer to approach Clearwater from Widow's Road a bit further to the west across the Old Wood. In that more turbulent era which preceded the current one Widow's Road was constructed to secure victory by allowing the Clearwater garrison to travel into the heart of the kingdom. As a result it was meant to be called Victory Road. After the garrison's defeat however the original name was forgotten and it gained a new title. The dark past of Widow's Road is but a memory nowadays as the nobles of the land no longer entertain ideas of war; preferring instead to immerse themselves in decadence and hedonism. Heroism, glory and forging a legendary title which in turn becomes a legendary bloodline are but smoldering embers to be stamped out by drink and flesh in their minds. And who can blame them after the horrors of the former era? What hope does any man have to unite the world when they cannot even unite the kingdom?<br/><br/>But those thoughts are distant from the lonesome Old Trail which was built for logging and agriculture rather than war. The dying aspirations of aristocrats is of little concern to the honest folk who till the soil or harvest the tree. If those folk saw the woman travelling along the pathway they gave no indication and it was unlikely given the shadows of the birch trees. If they did see her one wonders what thoughts might have gone through their minds. Beyond farmers and loggers the only individuals who frequent the Old Trail would be outlaws trying to avoid the patrols along Widow's Road and reach Clearwater where they might afford passage out of the kingdom. Yet this woman did not have the appearance of a criminal.<br/><br/>The sun is falling fast. From here one might reach Clearwater shorlty after nightfall but it would require some travelling in the dark along the Old Trail.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Random Encounter Roll Result: 3 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=127005)<br/><br/>For travelling, sleeping outside in a town or sleeping in the wilderness I thought I'd just roll for random encounters with safer areas and times requiring higher rolls for anything to happen. Random encounters isn't normally my thing but it seemed fitting given the likely style of this game.</div></div>