The Gaskar Hills
Thel takes wing again, presumably again accompanied by Mike? The wizards have now entered the Gaskar Hills proper, being about ten miles south of the Quail River. There is a lightly-traveled path alongside the stream you are following, but no fresh signs of passage. After the wizards trek about ten miles further into the Gaskar Hills, the birds come back again, and they appear somewhat excitable now. Looking to the east, the wizards can see a thin wisp of smoke rising from a point about five miles distant.