A watch on the bridge sighted them but by the time the alarm sounded, the canoe had reached shallow water and the large craft could not pursue. By the time the humans mobilized, the elves reached the trees beyond the shore. Once there, they concealed themselves easily. Even in this strange land, the forest was the same, and they were each experienced woodsmen capable of disguising themselves when needed. At night, they could cover much ground, following the same stars as Tamsyn when he began this quest.
"The air smells foul," Syannon complained as they made their way through the trees.
"It reminds me of Astaroth." Aeron remembered how the air had smelled when they stood at the Burning Plain during the last days of the war. It was heavy with ash and other things that he could not identify
