This time, I followed a third road, broader and busier than the goat track to Annfwn or the trade route to Windroven. Teeming with carts laden with the precious fruits of late harvests and watched over by soldiers wearing the uniforms of Mohraya and Ordnung, with former Vervaldr mixed in with each, notable for their height and fairness, this thoroughfare led in a straight, fast line to the Danu River. Uorsin had improved the road from the backcountry lane it had been in the days of my youth at Castle Columba, first to bring the armies and supplies of Duranor to lay siege. Then, as one of his first acts to demonstrate the prosperity brought by the peace of the kingdoms unified under his power, he expanded it into the primary trade route it had become, running across the continent to the coast of Biah, distributing the goods ferried up and down the Danu River from Avonlidgh to Erie. I’d read about all of it but never seen it with my own eyes. As we rode, I made notes in my journal. If nothing else, this journey would add to the history I would someday write.
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