"And so you shall." General Nadero responded. "The high council is currently gathered at the Governor's residence at Kingdom Pass. If we ride through the night we should be able to reach the wall by early morning tomorrow."
Swinging into the saddle had caused the gash in my side to twinge again and my desire to talk had diminished considerably so I just nodded and turned Flin towards the pass in the mountains ahead, where the fabled wall of the Valley Lands was situated at the head of it where the mountains gave way to the interior recesses of the Valley Lands. Flin fell in with the rest of the column of riders as they headed toward my homeland that I had never seen before.