Devaguea just gave the gnome an amused look. "Actually, that was fairly tame. All things considered. You found an abandoned building, a bog, and a pack of owlbears. We found a pack of wolves with a warg, a ruin containing a swarm of undead led by a wight, a turtle that considers metal to be a diet supplement, and an aberration that pretended to be a damsel in distress. Honestly, you got off lightly. But your observation about the area would explain the lack of gnomes here so far. No stomach for the risks, which are considerable, I will admit."<br/><br/>Devaguea did inspections of the local area, checking in and talking with his subjects, mostly just being out and about. He wanted them used to the idea of dragons being people, especially since in a month or two he was going to have to announce that a kobold tribe had officially become his subjects. It also gave Allison and him time to give some of the guards interested in posting at the watchtower he planned to build time to learn Draconic. With all the little projects he was running, he didn't have time to run around in the country side this month. But what he spent most of the month setting up a schedule for his day, and ensuring everyone knew who needed to know it knew it.