Almost everyone else seemed to agree with me, and so I headed back to Birchvale, almost running into a few trees on my way, and passing by a suspicious kobold, as well, due to me rushing through the forest "Oh, uh, sorry there... sir? Who are you, and why do you have such expensive equipment?" I ask the gambler who was near, but not in the village. Something told me this individual was hiding from someone, maybe even the law, itself... but then I remembered I had something important to tell the village, so, I headed off, saying "Sorry, but I have to get out of here, important business, and don't head into the cave if you're thinking about it," I then entered Birchvale, which thankfully wasn't under attack this time. Various creatures, but mostly kobolds both big and small wandered the streets and went into various shops, and market stalls... the place was even busier than I remember, but that could be due to the fact that they were now officially the oldest established kobold village on this continent. [i]Could this place already be a tourist trap? Either way, I should really try to find the mayor.[/i] I think as I look around for anyone even remotely important-looking. I give up looking on my own, and start asking around, and they eventually pointed me to the big building in the center of the village, which was apparently getting a clock installed in it when I got there, as there were several creatures holding the giant thing, and trying to position it above the door, which itself was far larger than the usual doors in the village. Opening the door revealed a rather rich-looking yellow-scaled kobold who jumped in surprise from me suddenly entering his... house? Office? Wherever this was. "Who are you, and why did you break into the city hall?" the mayor asks me. I answer simply with "I'm one of the heroes who fended off the human, and I have important information," he then gestures for me to continue talking, so I continue with "I... well, my team found a strange blight in that cave we were told to explore, the one right outside of the forest. This blight seems to literally suck the life out of anything that stays in there for too long, and reanimates them as walking corpses..." I then hear him ask "And who's she?" I look behind me to see the princess has made her way here, as much as I tried to lose her in the forest. I answer with "I have no idea, but she can't be damaged, and she followed me out of the cave like a lost puppy... a lost puppy that won't shut up, and whose parents probably ordered the killing of our species," my annoyance with her was obvious from my voice alone, let alone my description.