Thornwall
After several weeks of travel from the capital, you finally made it to the foot of the Thorny Mountains, the mountain range in which according to the information given to you by your superiors should hold the mysterious village of Thornwall. Being on the outskirts of the edges of your kingdom’s western border, it had been quite a trek to get here. Long days of travelling on horseback across the roads of the kingdom, staying at wayside inns and riding until the sun went down, but you finally made your way here. You had to leave your horse back at a small nearby village near the foot of the mountains since you wouldn’t be able to traverse them on horseback, which meant you still had quite a way to go until you’d reach the actual village itself. It was a little bit strange that people founded a village so high up in the mountains, but you’d guess that the people around here didn’t have the kingdom’s roads back then, and that this was the easiest place to cross the mountains.
As you think about the village, it does strike you as a little odd. Not only do you or the other paladin’s that gave you your first mission not know anything about the place, but what little you do know makes it even more peculiar. Apparently, the village was founded a long time before the kingdom itself was founded, by other people than the ones that founded your kingdom, and it is used as a resting place for people that want to cross the mountains to get to the lands that lie beyond, but since it is so secluded and since the wild lands behind the mountains are so dangerous, it doesn’t see a lot of folk coming through.
Anyway, the Traveler and his paladins gave you the mission to make contact with this place, see how it is doing and if it can potentially be of service to the kingdom, so that’s what you’re going to do. It took you four days by foot to reach the beginning of the path towards Thornwall from the village you left your horse at, and since there are no roads around this part anymore, the journey was only going to get harder, but you were prepared for it.
It took you another ten long days to get safely through the mountains. Luckily, although the village was so secluded, there were still resting spots along the path upwards, but the path itself was winding and quite steep at some places.
Finally though, at the end of the last day of walking and climbing when the sun is starting to set, you manage to get yourself over another steep ledge, and you’re suddenly met with a beautiful sight.
Between the high and rocky mountains, you find yourself looking over a beautiful mountain valley with lush green, and even a river calmly flowing through the landscape. It is a very nice sight, especially after your long trek, and you can see a path leading down into the valley.
Also, about an hour or so on foot away, you think you can see what looks like a relatively large but still small town, walled with a stone wall overgrown in green. You can see smoke calmly rising from that direction, and you believe you’ve almost finished your journey to the secluded village of Thornwall.