[Steve]

Now that he was traveling alone and under the cover of darkness, Raliric could well expect to see more than when moving with many others. He noticed something new on this darkening. There were several small lights in sky. They were steady, not twinkling as would a star. These lights mostly drifted slowly through the sky. The direction of drift seemed to be with the prevailing wind but at times one or two would change direction. The lights remained mostly steady but occasionally there seemed to be an almost random irregular pulsation emitted from them. Before long most these objects drifted out of sight but a few remained seeming to remain an almost fixed distance from each other.

As the Knight approached Autumnus his sharp eyes made out the forms of Sentries. In most cases they appeared to be Goblins although some were Orcs. Those who were walking were easy to spot at a safe distance but others who were sitting and leaning against a rock or one of the trees were not recognized as such until Raliric was dangerously close to them. Ahead of him, toward Autumnus was a campfire. There were several figures moving about. If the Knight continued approaching, he too would be readily visible.