Chapter 57: The Problem

Chapter 57: The Problem

Garren leaned back in his chair and thought for a moment before answering.

"Small," he said. "A small roadside settlement, been there for a long time but never grown into anything significant. The population is somewhere between two and three hundred, maybe a little more in good seasons when people pass through and some of them stay, though that would be rare." He paused. "Warriors, if you can call them that, somewhere around seventy to a hundred. But that number is misleading."

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