Kayin smiled and gently ran a hand through your hair, scritching at your ears every so often as you both just relaxed a moment. After a few minutes, Merril came over and set down some plates with some soup, bread, and pieces of meat on sticks. She also set down two tankards as she said,
"You showed up in the ruins of the great city Karkavash. These days, its half abandoned, and half run by gangs of thugs, scum, and slavers. With the occasional safe zone of folks who've freed themselves from them. Though even they do some thieving to survive."
"As for this place, its the trade town of Dauma. Folks from the villages scattered about the Vasha Desert and some of the more nomadic sorts come here to trade with merchants from other parts of Naughtria."
She then explains that for the last 50 years or so, every so often, folks from other worlds would appear across the land. Almost always, they did so with little to no recollection of who they were or where they were from. Some ended up captured by folks inclined to enslave them, others managed to sort themselves out and make something of themselves whereever they arrived. Most of the time, they were never able to recall all of their memories, and just sought to make new ones here in their new home. A few would, who would often try to find a way back with no luck that she knew of.
"If ya be needing a place to stay, you could share my room for a bit while ya get some money! Could even work here in the tavern with me if ya wanted. I can always use the help."
Spoiler (click to show/hide):
Holly has a 3x Orc pregnancy, which will produce either orcs or Goblins in four and a half in game days
Kayin has a 3x Orc pregnancy, which will produce either orcs or Goblins in four and a half game days