<strong>Day 1 - Noon</strong><br/><br/><strong>"Sexual? Oh no, why would it be anything sexual?"</strong>, Aria chuckled at the notion,<strong>"no, no, Agarth is the leader of the Adventurer's Guild in Riverrun, an old, grizzly and wise man if I ever knew one"</strong>. With her strong arm, Aria lifted the girl up in one pull, setting Nicky behind her comfortable as the saddle is big enough for two. The red-haired adventurer glance back briefly to answer one more of the girl's question,<strong>"Yes it does but I doubt it will fetch much in that state, they're probably going to take it off you hand for 50 silver each as they would have to pay another 50 silver to get it melted down and into gold coins that could be used as currency here"</strong>, she was referring to the jewelry state it is in but of her last question, Aria can only arched her eyebrow in confusion to what Nicky meant,<strong>"what do you mean all females dress like I am? we dress as it is, adventurers dress with adventuring attire and civilians dresses like....well, civilians, depending on their social status of course"</strong>. There's nothing more left for the two of them here, so Aria pull the rein on her horse facing off the opposite direction from where the slaver merchant had fled too and then rode off.<br/><br/><strong>"Riverrun strides the trade route between the southern region of Eshalon and the Barbarian Highlands to the north and beyond, the highway we're on right now are often used by traveling merchants and are usually guarded..."</strong>, there was a hint of a worried look on Aria's face as she began to contemplate what this all means, having travel regularly using the highway, it came as a surprise and a mystery why the highway had gone so undefended in recent time.<strong>"...those slavers couldn't have reached this far north if the highway guards are still patrolling this road"</strong>.<br/><br/>Their travel north along the road had gone largely uneventful. The scenery of vast grass field to their left and the forests untouched by modernization or developments to their right and in the distant, tall, imposing mountains.<strong>"Agarth is a retired adventurer who now owns his own adventurer's guild in Riverrun, training new generations of adventurers and managing contracts issued by the locals"</strong>. In the distant, the red-haired warrioress caught sight of smoke in the horizon and although they still won't be able to see that far ahead, Aria was able to determined that they are now very close to their destination.<strong>"Maybe you could ask him for information and knowledge needed to become one, should you of course wishes to pursue this course"</strong>.<br/><br/>The journey took another half an hour as they crossed the country-side and soon, a small but walled settlement could be seen in the distance. Along the road, the two of them could see peddlers and peasants making their way to and from the town and the dirt road became more and more paved as they get closer to it,<strong>"Alright then, here we are, Riverrun!"</strong>.<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Riverrun</span></div><br/><div align="center">(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/Deathbringer6679/town-Oaksville.png)</div>