Wagons Roll!

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 6758

An "eternal triangle" is complex enough; but here there is the risk of something akin to an "eternal pentagon". Thanks to his Manimal's gift of empathy, when Fred the Manfox had looked at the "other" Alicia under the impression that she was his wife, a bond had formed between them. Not only that, this Alicia carries the kits that Dragon Fred had fathered back in their shared "home" Terra. Thus there is the potential - indeed, it seems to Manfox Fred, almost the certainty - of great pain being caused to himself, his wife, the newcomer, Dragon Fred and his wife (Malachi D'Honaire).

Whilst Manfox Fred's wife tries to reassure him, we switch our attention elsewhere for the moment.


It had taken rather longer than they had anticipated, but the two wagon trains that Fred and Astra 3 and Fred and Astra 4 have organised have at last set off, heading for two different areas within the uninhabited countryside of what was once Allaria. (The country had been blasted by a nuclear weapon, but subsequently healed - as far as its flora and fauna were concerned - by the mages when the Crystallics had still been operational.)

There are about forty wagons in Fred and Astra 3's group, with Fred and Astra's own wagon taking the lead. They have an up to date map, courtesy of the Alliance. Once the border between Aqualaria and Allaria is approached, there are no longer any settlements or roads marked, of course, but just natural features such as hills, rivers and forests. In fact, the greater part of the country is forested, but fortunately there are areas of plain that allow access to the interior, since in the absence of roads the wagons cannot penetrate the forests. The forests and other impassable natural features do mean that they will have to take a rather zigzag route to the region they have in mind as a final destination, though. This destination has been chosen because it is known to have very fertile soil. Unfortunately, no navigable river leads into it, or travelling by boat might have been an easier means of transport.

Fred and Astra, and a few of the others, have examples of the new- fangled firearms, though they don't anticipate any trouble from the orcs. Their group is headed in a very different direction from the area where the orcs were encountered, and in any case after the heavy defeat that they suffered it is assumed that they have retreated to lick their wounds. However, there is always the risk of encountering dangerous wild animals.

  1. A week into the journey, they pass into what was formerly Allaria.

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