7
THE WANDERERS
The Jardine pulled neatly into the docks of Neathin Valley, gently floating downwards until it was level with the ramp that would allow the passengers to disembark.
Thordric and Hamlet were up on deck, watching as the crew tied the mooring ropes securely in place. As the ship was still much higher up than most of the buildings Thordric had ever been in, he found he could see far off into the distance. He turned to Hamlet, who was also gazing out, a deep crease on his forehead. Thordric had never seen someone look so disappointed.
The landscape was completely flat, aside from the great drop to the valley floor itself, where he thought there might have been some sort of river flowing through in the past. Now, however, it was simply a giant dusty crack in the land, with ha
