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When the sun rose and ended his sleepless horror of a night, Ihawxd hastened to leave the muddy little village as soon as possible. Once it was well out of sight, he oriented himself and began to ride west, back to where his map told him his home should be. Along the way, he stopped to catch up on some sleep underneath a large trees. When he woke up, he could judge that there were about 4 hours of daylight left in the day. He decided he would continue eastward all 4 hours and then camp somewhere for the night. His plans were changed about half way through, however, when he spotted a steady column of smoke rising far in the distance. The sight disoriented Ihawxd quite a bit. He didn't expect to reach his home town until later the next day. Could he possibly have already arrived, or was this another small village out here in the middle of the fields?

All of his questions were answered when he arrived at small settlement with relatively large, wooden huts. The streets were lively, the villagers happy, and the town had an overall welcomig feel. Ihawxd asked one of the villagers for some information.

"Hey, uh... Where am I?" he asked a short, jolly-looking citizen.

"You're in Doloren, a small town on the coast of the grass sea." the man answered, beaming up at Ihawxd.

"Is this near Holden?" Ihawxd enquired.

"Holden? Oh, uh, Holden..." The man looked troubled. "Never heard of it. He once again beamed back at Ihawxd.

"Right, that would make sense, seeing as I've never heard of this area. When was this settled?"

"Some number of years ago."

"Do you know any more specific time frame?"

"More than two years ago." The man's smile at this point seemed mocking.

"Well... Thanks for the information, I guess. Do you know where I could stay the night?"

"Maybe the inn?" The man continued his smile.

"Uh, right, but, where is the inn?"

"Oh, well why didn't you ask me that in the first place? It's just down this path over here." The villager, still beaming, pointed Ihawxd down a lightly paven path.

Ihawxd followed the path and found the inn with no trouble.