The path becomes more and more overgrown with bushes when you finally hit a fork. Two kangaroo-like creatures are talking rather animatedly right at the fork.
The brown one spots you first. "Oh, another traveling through the valley?" he asks mildly. "Where exactly are you headed?"
You explain that you haven't decided yet.
"I am Afytlan, by the way," he says. "I suppose you'll be needing directions, eh?"
Before you can answer, he points up and right on the path. "If you head up the path to the right, you'll find a volcano when you're done. Some people call it the mountain, but it's more than that. No, it doesn't errupt, but I have heard visitors have an interesting on it."
"Up to the left," the other one says, "will lead you off to the underground road."
"And where does that lead?" you ask eagerly.
Both of them seem to be made rather uncomfortable by this question, but the green one finally responds. "There are lands that have been damaged beyond repair, for Fri-on attempted to make his own domain when the Wood Shifted. The result is on the other side of the underground, and they're called the Forgotten Lands. If anything lives there, we suggest you do not stay long to find out much about it..."
"By the way," he adds, "my name is Zeakath."
