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 The evidence you have uncovered regarding the Morg gives you reason to consider carefully which way you should go. You have taken too much time finding your way through this forest, but the knowledge that the Hordim are so close is a truth better known than discovered too late. For a time you consider what you should do, but the choice is undeniable. The collar at your neck will kill you if you do not get to Stoneholme before Maenum falls, and a direct route to the Krodestaag is your only option. Pallenten may have eaten all your food, but you have gone longer than three days in your life without a meal. You have the distinct feeling that hunger will prove to be the least of your worries on this quest.
The Devkraager Tor and the smaller peaks of the Krodestaag Ranges sit on your horizon to the south-west, a silent unmoving signpost pointing directly to your objective. There can be no doubt that this direction will prove harder, but the distance to travel is considerably less. You will trust in the remarkable speed of your horse to keep you safe on this new path.
With no further hesitation you turn Pallenten towards the mountains. Although there are a few abandoned farm buildings nestled close to the edges of the forest, you avoid these and strike out for the wilderness beyond. Ahead lay a wide, open terrain of grassland, some small patches of forest, and the stark remains of many attempts at settlement of these lands.
Nudging Pallenten forward she breaks into a trot and then to a gallop. Directly ahead lay a number of low stone fences, the remains of a farm long past. These are no barrier to the great horse, she jumps them easily and soon you are out in open country, the ruins left behind and the Devkraager Tor looming ahead. You know in your heart that this is a better way to go. Out in the open you will be more exposed, but there is little chance that you will meet anyone on these plains. They are seldom travelled by men of the Four Nations, and your hope must be that the Morg have continued into the west. If that is so you should find the way ahead lonely but uncomplicated. Only the mighty Laneslem River will provide you with any real difficulty as you make your way towards the Devkraager Tor.
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