[Forest of Light] Tash runs for her life

[Tash Il'nishin]

The Month of Immanis, in the Season of Winter, Era I of the Celestine Mandate, Era XV Post Fractum.

Tash ran out of town as fast as she could only slowing down at the city gates of Ethgan'tor. She tried to be as casual as she could as the guard checked her visa and warned her that she would have to have her papers in order if she intended to return.

Intended to return, thought Tash, fat chance of that happening.

Out of sight of the gates Tash stayed on the road, running again as fast as she could looking for a trail off the beaten track, one that would be harder for her pusuers to follow. Should her pursuers catch her, she would be imprisoned immediately or worse, killed outright. Anyway, she knew her life would be worth nothing if she were caught. Her chances of surviving anyway were grim unless she hurried. She did not know what was safe to eat, as far as berries and plants. Everything had been prepared by servants in the monastery and she had no idea what they looked like in the wild.

All she had with her were her bow and a quiver of a few arrows, some money and the clothes on her back. Well, she had an old dagger. Slim pickings indeed. She had no idea where rivers or streams were either. And she had to have water. Her only hope was to try to find one, the thirst would kill her more quickly than not having food.