For three days they travel through the kingdom of astran riding through the duchy of Rex’s cn the cerana until they reach Rex’s county by the most north western border. just on the other sides lie the nds of Sokara, a duchy that stops at the higher points of the potami river.
where dense forest turns into a temperate marsh to the west and grassnds to the north. the party crosses a bridge made by an unknown carpenter whose name will never be uncovered. As they entered these wild grassnds the air feels ripe with static with the sound of static periodically buzzing into existence only to fade the moment arrives. they make their way to Doanertofia the home of this grand chief they are hoping to form an alliance with the powerful warriors of the pins to help defend against the oncoming hoards of the luutons .
The whole trip takes around three weeks days; one week to reach the sokarans-astra border from the astran capital and two more from the border to the city in which the chief calls home in the center of the sokaran pins. They spent the night in easily assembled tents. A fire was not necessary as autumn was still only around the corner and summer nights provided sufficient warmth. Only using a fire when to heat their food as they travel. The grassnds on the other side of the border are a nice contrast to the more forested areas the astrans resided in.
Their arrival was met with much attention in the city of Doanertofia. The sokarans had no such lizard like mounts the bright red clothes and hair stuck out like a sore thumb among the sokarans with their blues and yellows. While the astrans themselves looked upon the sokarans curiously. the random bolts of long blond waves in their hair and their weirdly blue and yellow eyes that seemed to pierce through them sent chills down cofus spine. Not knowing where to go they head to the rgest building in the city a tower that was made from some weird blue material that looked rough like stone but clean as marble.
As they try to approach it they find themselves stopped by two men suited with light armor made from animal hides and leathers. Their hair looked shockingly ecstatic as it bolted out in an electrifying way. Rex hops off his mount urging to cofus to do the same”good evening we wish to seek an audience with lord dyues. I have been sent by the high king of astra himself”
Though the guards look at him with a gaze of confusion before looking back to each other speaking in the sokarans nguage. Cofus sighs lowering his head looking defeated” great they don’t speak astran”
As the two parties attempt to speak to each other a young woman fashioned in wraps of leather and fur of beautiful yellows and blues. her hair was purely blond with parts of it sticking out like beautiful feathers. She stood at the same height as cofus with a stature that is broad and full of confidence, as she approached these strangers in her nd. She stands in front of them with her arms crossed. her gaze giving much hostility “what are you astrou doing in my vilge? Come to try and spread your shitty influence here too?”
a harsh voice which had very little femininity to it.the two Astrans stand there looking shocked at hearing this cofus slowly approaches the young woman”and who might you be young dy”
her eyes dart at him like daggers as she gets right in his face almost pressing her eye against his” listen here you red hair brat i don’t know who you are calling young dy I’m probably the same age as you and this here is the nd of Sokara my grandfather is the grand chief of these nds i don’t care what stupid pce your line is to be the dumb king on your little council my family has ruled these nds for ages and you wil–!”
her rant is cut short by a massive man standing at well over 8 feet tall; his face was cut out by shadows as he stares down at the young woman with much menace, his eyes shine through like wicked candles looking to burn her soul. The man looked ancient but still moved with grace as he picked the her up”GORA you little brat what have i told you about talking to our visitors like that!”
Suddenly all of bravado she had shown fades away as the giant elderly man holds her up. looking away from his eyes as she tries to hide her guilt”what are you talking about Grandfather i was being perfectly friendly isn’t that right kind sirs?”
her voice trembles as she still refuses to look him in the eye as she speaks she sounds desperate. as she looks at the two foreign noble men cofus looks confused and a little scared of the behemoth himself and just goes along with her; scared to see what she might endure from his wrath if he says otherwise ”um yes I’m sorry sir there must be some kind of confusion miss um gora i think you said it was was being an excellent greeter”
rex looks at cofus with a little grin finding himself amused with cofus inexperience. The rge man puts her down and nods then boldly stand in front of both of them bending over so that he may look them in the eyes. ”welcome to the nd of Sokara astrans i am the grand chief of the sokarans people Dyues ko what brings you to my nds?”
the man’s body showed no signs of aging his entire body seemed to be in peak shape this was no doubt the legendary dyues a mighty warrior who fended off one thousand raiders by himself a man who has roamed the nds of iskra for over 120 years the head of the kos cn a cn that has ruled this region for centuries. One wrong step and his help is all but lost and potentially the fate of the astran kingdom.
