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		â230â

	Beyond the east gate of Battle Pass, the trail winds 
Š	down through craggy borderland towards the lush river 
Š	valley of the River Ioma, where an ocean of sun-
Š	yellowed grasses sway languidly in the warm afternoon 
Š	breeze. This rolling vista has a graceful 
Š	tranquillity that reminds you of the Southlund 
Š	Marches of Southern Magnamund. It stirs fond memories 
Š	of childhood days in that distant province and 
Š	prompts an unexpected bout of homesickness that 
Š	dampens your spirits. Karvas, too, is feeling a 
Š	little melancholy. Yet his mood is not born out of a 
Š	longing for his homeland, but from a sense of loss. 
Š	You ask what ails him and, with some reluctance, he 
Š	tells you:
	"The beauty of this valley belies its bloody past," 
Š	he says, and he sweeps his arm across the distant 
Š	horizon. "Many of my ancestors and countrymen have 
Š	fought and died here in battle. For the Siyenese it 
Š	is a land filled with proud and bitter memories."
	He points to a distant spire of rock and, when you 
Š	magnify your vision, you see that its grey granite 
Š	surface is too smooth and symmetrical for it to be a 
Š	natural feature of this rolling plain. 
	"There stands the Oridon Stone," he says. "It marks 
Š	the graves of ten thousand men who fell at the battle 
Š	of Inkil Reach".

	Prince Karvas regards the monolinth with a mixture of 
Š	sadness and pride, and you sense that quietly he 
Š	yearns to visit this battlefield marker.
	
	
	If you wish to leave the trail and ride with Karvas 
Š	to the Oridon Stone, turn to  â104â

	If you wish to dissuade the prince from visiting the 
Š	monolinth by reminding him of the urgent need for his 
Š	swift return to Seroa, turn to  â139â