It became clear to Lucielle and I that if we continued the way we were going we were headed only into death and despair. I consulted with Lucius and we sent scouts ahead warning those few survivors of where our column was headed. By now our numbers had begun to grow and swell to the point where soon we would no longer be able to feed the line of fleeing survivors and refugees from a few other minor noble estates. Situations had arisen now and it came clear we could not go on. We needed to find a place to call our own but still we were being hunted. Not only by the newly resurrected Serpent Cults followers but also by the noble soldiers and the mercenaries that they employed to hunt us down and wipe us out.
