The journey back west and south took as long as it did to the city in the first place, especially accompanying a large caravan of settlers, laden down with supplies and children. From there, it was nearly a week, across the untamed wilderness of the Narlmarches, to reach the site of his new, capital city. Already, work had gone into laying out the foundations of what might some day become a great city, surrounding the hill atop which sat the old Stag Lord's fort.<br/><br/>The first month involved a lot of hard labor; constructing buildings, clearing a road, and helping to establish farms. There were also a few minor encounters with wildlife, but nothing a handful of trained adventurers couldn't manage. By the end of it, the city wasn't much to look at, with a lot of temporary shacks and tents to house people, until permanent structures could be built, but the basics of the street grid had been drawn out, and the foundations of many more buildings were being placed.