North of Nokire was a dozen mountain passes of varying safety and distance, winding from smooth jungle terrain into the harsh rise and fall of foothills and cliffs. The moss became scarce, and soon a grey sand covered everything, save where rocks showed their ribs in the sides of ridges. Vaenuth’s caravan trudged onward, through the bones of the mountains and onto the edge of the desert.
The south side of the Expanse was a rocky underbelly to the endless dunes of the north. Their scouts plotted a path through the winding crevices and hills and, during the middle of the 6th moon, they began to ride west. Continue reading Vaenuth 4