this is the road to ruin - jedi

[Kreios]

kreios don't you tame your demons, but always keep them on a leash Jedi seems eager to learn, and I smile. It is good to have someone enthusiastic about learning – I know that I was not so eager when I was first learning the edges of my childhood home. “Very well,” I say, “Let’s start!”. I step forward, ready to begin a trip ‘round the kingdom. I walk as I talk, keeping pace with the other stallion. “Our kingdom begins at the waterfall, which is itself a meeting point of two rivers – flowing south from the Tundra, and east from the Chamber.” I gesture in the direction of the distant kingdoms, wondering as I do so when it will be time to travel up those rivers and engage in political discussions with the leaders of the kingdoms. Shaking away the thought, I continue. “The river that flows from the Falls makes up our southern border. The herd land of Cobblestone Creek run along the opposite bank, and south of that is the Forest Frontier.” There are other herd lands, I know, but they have been abandoned for any number of reasons. Horses no longer dwell on the Wildflower Plateau, or on the edges of the Crystal Cascade. “Where the river forks in the east, that is our western border. There is no defined northern border between ourselves and the Tundra, so if you find yourself getting cold, consider yourself at the northern border.” I smile at that; I’ve been a bit chilly on more than one occasion, but sightings of the Brotherhood are few and far between – they stay inside the protection of their snow wall. We’ve made good progress as I’ve talked, and have followed a narrow trail the entire way. It wraps around the entire kingdom, and has been worn deep by the passage of thousands of hooves. The Falls was not always so small as it is now, after all. Our army is so small, just the two of us, and the thought reminds of the other half of our tasks. “What sort of battle experience do you have, Jedi? What were you up to before you came to the Falls?” for all I know he is a native of Beqanna and has served in the army of another kingdom. Or perhaps he is a wanderer from the land outside this country.