Ages ago, it had been a remote sorcery research outpost. Mostly for the Terrestrial Circle, which is why it had been somewhat close to an outpost of civilization.<br/><br/>Time and violence had allowed nature to reclaim both with a vengeance. Six days to the closest human settlement. Another six dozen to the closest human settlement that actually mattered to map makers. The ruins still stood though, defiant of the attempts of centuries of foliage to bow the enchanted stone.<br/><br/>A badger stalked the forest, becoming a dark, matronly woman in the shadow of a grand arch. Both were false forms for the Lunar searching the place, but both forms had their uses. The woman hadn't been as agile or strong as she was, but her earth blood nature made her tough.