<em>Other caravan members went about their business. Their caravan leader, a human in his early forties, with dusty blond hair flecked with grey hairs and heavy plate armor was conversing with an elf. The elf seemed to be discussing things in regarding payment and the quantity of the goods. Said elf had deep brown eyes with raven black hair tied into a shoulder length tail and he wore luxurious green robes with brown leather framing his shoulders and chest. At the hips was a study looking sickle. From the tone things seemed to be going well but from the serious looks on their faces, it seemed like important things were being discussed.<br/><br/>The smell of cooking meat naturally drew some of the guardsmen did join them at the venison that had been cooking upon the fire. Obviously with the rather revealing and exotically foreign women, the human guardsmen enjoyed the rather flattering choice of clothes. Other elves soon came over to join them. More interested in the meat before them rather than most of the women. Some however looked towards the elven wizardress considering her attire and more importantly the number of pearls in her adornments. <strong>"I trust that the Dutchy fares better than Edenia due to the oceans abundance? You said your name was Meresei correct?"</strong> The voice came from one of the elven hunters voices, a male whom had short black hair and pronounced elven ears. <br/><br/>One of the human members of the caravan took a small bite of the venison he had cut off and spoke up upon the matter of Edenia <strong>"Aye, been hearing more bad news also. Word is that if the famine doesn't let up, they're going to be soon eating the horses and dogs. Talks of possible wars being started up. People pointing fingers at the other. They do desperate shit just for a sack of potatoes."</strong> obviously a few people started turning heads when the human said that. It was cause for concern but was it the words of a realist or a doomsayer? Either way it would not be wise to let those words linger in the air for too long.</em>