'This explains why we couldn't just walk in...' thought Will, his expression one of subdued awe as he and his group approached the entrance to the Zoathaar Wilds, a colossal stone wall bridging snowcapped mountains. It was easily hundreds of meters tall and several kilometers wide, giving the impression of an immense dam lined with hundreds of Mana Cannons and Anti-Wyvern Ballistae.
"That's the Great Shield Wall," stated Mjrna, her tail tapping behind her as she explained, "Though they are a species of proud warriors, the ancient Kings and Queens of the Zoafolk got so fed up with humans encroaching upon their lands that they completely sealed off every throughway to the Great Valley within which the Zoathaar Wilds are situated. The pass we're about to traverse is called the Maw of Loaad, and it has seen more deaths than there are people alive now..."
