She shrugs, and continues to lead the way.<br/><br/>Nine days pass, as they cross the distance between the held realms; the one they've just left was one of the largest, though also one of the least populated, consisting of wide ranges of fields for raising horses and cattle and other animals.<br/><br/>As they start to see a little more population, Draiss also picks up a gathering, just off the road, up ahead; a half-dozen figures, lying in ambush, and, given the feelings he can sense, quite a bit more powerful than the bandits he first faced, with a cleric of a dark god amongst their group.