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Her training is over and her journey begins. Her world has once again shank to a box with no windows on it. The fox who was with her at the start joins her again for the trek to the marketplace. What wondrous things might she encounter, what new experiences will tease her perceptions, what dangers might linger just out of sight, waiting for a chance to strike.



The roads to the old marketplaces were fraught with dangers both seen and unseen. In times before mass transit, wide spread law enforcement, and low jack, many travelers were lifted of their purses, or of their lives, with no one even knowing. Seller beware the road to the market.



Not every city would have a well developed marketplace, or the money to support large fairs. Many times you would have to go days to get to a large community, usually a castle town, to vender ones rarer items. Such is the case here. The road to the marketplace will be long and arduous for both cargo and carrier. Crime follows two paths, that of money and that of passion.



Hold tight to your pocket, keep one hand on your dagger and watch out for shadows that watch back at you as we peer in now on the next part of her path...