Alfaru had been traveling with the other three for three days and he still hardly knew anything about them.  That wasn't too unusual given his naturally reserved nature, but it did make the traveling a bit more lonely.  So far, he only knew the professions of his three companions.  One was some sort of Eldritch Knight from an independent order that Alfaru had never heard of before (not surprising since nothing ever really happened in his village), another was a freelance mercenary, and the third was a healer like himself, although this one seemed more suited to the job than Alfaru was (not that he was bad at what he did, but his ambitions were much too big for a simple healer).  The only other thing he noticed was that none of the others displayed any overt prejudice towards him due to his mixed blood, which was a pleasant surprise.  He was well aware of the tendency of some, particularly dwarves and elves, though humans were by no means exempt from the tendency, to dislike mixes, and he had endured some abuse for it, but he had not heard even a muttered slur from his traveling companions in the three days he had been with them.

They had come into the Anaar Fields, and the village of Avveel was in sight.  The last stretch of their journey was in view, and it made Alfaru pick up his pace slightly, despite how tired he was.  Before setting out on this journey, Alfaru had never traveled so much in a single day.  He had never even left his village before he had heard the King's message.  And now he had been traveling for just under two weeks, making camp in the wilderness if there were no villages nearby, waking up at the crack of dawn to continue his journey, and walking until sundown to cover as much distance as possible each day.  He had been in good shape before beginning this journey, but in the ten days since he left his village, he had slimmed down slightly, and the angles of his face had sharpened just enough that Alfaru noticed it.  It made him look more mature, combined with the stubble on his face from not being able to shave during the journey.