As Mirena finishes packing the horses, the group sets off, tracking the horsemen, following their winding trail through the hills. After about an hour the tracks veer off to the northwest, entering the forest. The forest is an old one. Large trees tower high overhead, and the undergrowth is thick and heavy. The tracks enter the forest along a deer trail. Travel along the trail is fairly easy, but the party needs to travel single file, with Dunathar leading. Filbert and Alyssa follow close behind, occasionally moving forward to check the trail.
The tracks continue west in the forest, following the animal trail. Four hours later the party exits the forest, continuing to follow the tracks westward, heading toward the small mountain range that marks the edges of the Prin River valley. Traversing the range is easy, as the tracks stay in the low foothills between the peaks. As the end of the day nears, Dunathar finds a secluded spot off to the side of the tracks, surrounded by low hills, with trees for cover and plenty of grass for the horses to graze.