With the shifter staying behind to keep an eye on the cart, the group moves cautiously to top of the next hill. The source of the smoke is soon clear---a hovel, mostly lost to flames, in the midsts of a small valley. Considering that settlement has been few and far between, likely due to the still sparse population after the War and the Karrnathi plagues, the chance of you coming upon it are fortuitous---or less so, perhaps.
From his perch on the hill, Rio (who arrives first) sees no sign of movement. Kenn, arriving shortly after but less obviously, does see what appears to be boots or legs from a body in the soon to be smoldering ruin's door.