Ah, must have somehow read the years as months... Curious, though; I'd imagine cities would be much more dangerous. Very many nosy guards and people who might be capable of sensing him, always someone within shouting distance, people having friends nearby and noticing missing people ... whereas in some very secluded places, one could be dead for weeks or months without anyone realizing. Or feasibly get lost in a forest and be eaten by a bear. 

	And indeed. The Viper? Not likely to have heard of 'im. Sir Yanin Glade? Probable.