The Towerlands were uphill...which was the first problem.  But with time and effort, Karen made her way out of the little valley.  This time, she could get a better idea of the lay of the land.  Rolling hills, small copses and tangles of brush, and here and there the towering shell keeps she'd seen upon arrival.  They lay to both sides of the valley, and she'd come in on the opposite side, so maybe she'd be safer over here.<br/><br/>Along the furthest reach of the valley, she could see the dark and forbidding forest that her host had called the Tulgey Woods and cited the presence of jabberwockies.  No percentage going that way.<br/><br/>From here, she could probably make fair time on foot...