The Broken Lands are new to both Sophia and Dav, but they’re starting to find their way. The people are a bit strange, but so far they’ve been nice. The wildlife is a bit aggressive, but other than the flame beavers that burned down a village, it’s all been things they could handle. Sophia is beginning to think that this might just be the adventure she was looking for after all, even if she’s still not sure how to get home. That’s fine; she doesn’t need to yet.

They aren’t aware of just how much attention they’ve drawn. Several powerful individuals have their eyes on Sophia and Dav, all with different reasons and different goals. Sophia has her attention on Arryn, the friendly merchant who brought them to Casterville. She knows he’s hiding something; she’s simply not certain if it’s a problem or not.

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She’s forgotten about the bandits that triggered the event that sent her and Dav through the Origin to the Broken Lands. They drifted away before she landed with Dav and are unlikely to have survived the trip. If they did, they almost certainly aren’t sane.

Unfortunately for Sophia and Dav, they did survive long enough.