Azura had tracked for quite some time until she picked up the scent of smoke. She noticed that the forest looked more diseased as she continued on. There were no green bushes or shrubbery or flowers and the trees were bare. They either had dead leaves or lacked leaves at all. It seemed like everything was dying. She could tell she was getting close. She knew there would be scouts in the area and probably guards, the way they had them at Silver Moon with regular patrols. She decided to get an aerial view and climbed up a large hollow tree. It was effortless because she could prod her fingers or poke her foot into it’s frail body to climb up Once she got high enough, she was able to see a big open space with a big wall surrounding it. She could see about ten to fifteen small cottages surroun
