The clopping of hooves or scraping of claws on the cracked road, barely audible over the driving rain. An exhausted warrior on an exhausted mount, eyes watchful beneath a not-quite-waterproof hood. Five more leagues to the nearest Haven, and who knows what could be lurking in the night along the way? The roadwarden is charged to keep the path safe; sometimes, they do.

Notes

The Roadwardens are kept on retainer by Havens - not the towns - to keep the roads a little safer than the wilds. Sometimes, merchants or nobles will hire them on as local guides to supplement their own guards.

Tags

[respected]

Notable Encounters

• The Fellowship ran into