"I don't understand," Sir Hugo said as he stared at the map Ashlynn had unrolled in confusion. "Hanrahan Barony would almost completely envelop Airgead Mountain… That, that more than doubles our territory!"
On the map, the border for Hanrahan territory had expanded slightly to the north, east, and south, but the true expansion of the territory was westward, encompassing all of Airgead Mountain except for its northwestern slopes, where the border seemed to run into another territory they'd never heard of.
"What are the 'Four Peaks,'" Sir Carwyn asked as he stared at the map in confusion.
Despite living in the shadow of the mountains, the maps available to humans were very limited. Explorers often ventured into the mountain ranges, but few returned. A few had made it back, telling tales of distant peaks, monstrous demon giants, and weather so cold and air so thin that men froze to death in their sleep.
