Hastiaka wrote:The route was well guarded. Forty-five marines escorted the carriage. They entered the artificially controlled forests of Farethmorse Glade. The magnificent forest leading to the Crystal palace, As said by the naturalist Scholar named Handiril,
''It's... to well clean. It's not like the forests of the colonies or something. The homelanders demand obedience from them. If magic doesn't do the job, they'll just cut it. They would be obsessed with clipping and pruning and even tying trunks down to encourage them to bend in strange ways. I heard they'll have them uprooted, even after years of work, if just one flower blooms without exactly the right number of petals, or if one fruit doesn’t have the 'proper' number of seeds. It’s all about control for them. It's horrible. I feel bad for their gardens''
In an unexpected meet, Grand Sage Rundalacano met their escorts. The humans were confused of what was happening. Their escort suddenly bowed and worshiped this man. Was he their god or something?
The next part of the journey was confusing to say the least. They went through a forest unlike anything they had seen before. It was clearly not natural, a garden of some sort, but with the intent to seem like a forest. It was pleasant, but unusual.
As the sage approached the convoy, the nearby elves seemed to bow before him. This furthered the confusion of the party. Unsure how to proceed exactly, Sratthrid gestured for his men to follow the Aureal's example and to bow to him.