Greenhollow

It turns out that Dale and Diana prompted the founding of a growing village. I was surprised to find a well maintained road leading south from the main road. I followed it wondering if it lead past my friends place, but instead found a town that the locals named Greenhollow.

I decided to scope out the town and see if someone could point me to my friends' place, and ended up getting a room for the night. The Inn is really nice for a place this far from any cities. It was constructed well, and has several rooms for travelers.

From what I was able to gather from the locals, this road has become one of the major roads in the kingdom. As I understand it, the road leads south through Greenhollow and then bends west toward the South Fortress, Halemin Gap, and then on to Dusara. It sounds like farmers from this area and many further north have found great success selling their goods in Dusara, and Dusara's craftsmen are eager to sell their wares in return.

Other than the Inn there is a storehouse, a mercantile, a blacksmith, a soldier barracks, and about 10 or 15 houses here in the town itself. There is probably another 30 to 50 farms within a days ride, and, from the sounds of it, the farms pretty much reach from here to the White mountains in the north, and in clusters all the way to the Darkan palace east of here.

I did learn that Dale died a few years ago, but Diana still maintains a thriving farm north east of town. I should be able to get there in a couple hours tomorrow morning.