She carefully and cautiously followed the stream eastwards. After some time, she saw something that made her stop in her tracks. Spread out in the flowing river before her was the body of a Kraan. As she carefully approached, she was relieved to see that it was dead... three black arrows embedded deeply in its chest. Taking a closer look, she found that it was not alone and she discovered the fate of its rider... which was a Giak.<br/><br/>Giaks are spiteful and malicious servants of the Darklords and it was their ancestors that the Darklords used to build their fortresses in Helgedad... a region of volcanic wastelands beyond the Durncrag Mountains. It is said only the strongest and most hardy of the Giaks were able to stand such hellish conditions and more than likely, this dead Giak is a descendant of those Giak survivors.The Giak seemed to have drowned as its mount crashed into the river and trapped it beneath its body. A quick search of the Giak's pouch would yield 3 Gold Crowns which she took.<br/><br/>Now she could continue to make her way downstream, or she could leave the stream and make her way on foot through the wooded hills to the south.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>