The West Gate

Inara's Obsidian Shard

TRAIL · 5 days · hard

Destination: The shard-source field on the outer ring of a dragon's territory (and home again)

The central challenge

A five-day round-trip to a shard-field near the outer ring of a dragon's territory. The walker must approach, gather, and withdraw without provoking. Inara is gentle if the walker fails.

The shard-field is just inside the outer ring of a country a walker should not enter casually. Inara will not name what makes the ring. You will feel it. -- P

What the air will be
L1warm
L2warm
L3warm
L4warm
L5chill

Today\u2019s air, taken at noon. Tomorrow\u2019s air will be its own.

The Legs of the Walk

  1. LEG 1

    Out the West Gate, north on the Pale Wood track

    warm

    road · 1 stop · civilization · road

  2. LEG 2

    Through the Pale Wood to the outer-ring approach

    warm

    trail · 1 stop · forest · approach

  3. LEG 3

    The shard-field -- the approach

    warm

    trail · 1 stop · approach · shard · puzzle · dragon-adjacent

  4. LEG 4

    Outer-ring camp to the Pale Wood wayhouse (return)

    warm

    trail · 1 stop · forest · return

  5. LEG 5

    Pale Wood home to Hearthhold

    chill

    threshold · 1 stop · civilization · return-home · hearthhold

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