Li sat in the back of a Black Securities carriage, his arms and legs crossed and his back resting on plush velvet as he looked outside the window of the reinforced vehicle, watching country road and forestland sprawl all around him.
The way down to the Chattering Forests from Riviera truly made it evident how isolated Riviera was from most of civilization. The west of Riviera lay frontier villages, and to its south and east, closer to the heart of the continent and the capitol, were still villages, albeit larger and more developed.
Still, it was a far cry from what Li had read about the rest of the duchy. Riviera lay far west to the duchy, but as one reached nearer to the center or towards the rest of the cardinal cities, villages became rarer, with smaller clusters of walled cities instead being the most common population centers.
