Fang Hong dimmed the crystal lamp and looked out through the lattice window at the twilight-covered forest. The forest lay under a blanket of snow, a gray expanse, with occasional flickers of light, belonging to the 'things' that had been following them for several days.
They weren't wolves; Tibial Creek got its name from the undead creatures that haunted the area. No one knew where they came from; some said they were from a nearby lone fortress, while others believed they came from a town that giants massacred long ago.
In the dark ages, giants marched along the Kudi Mountain Range, and after Laine was defeated, the remnants of the army fled into the forests. To this day, you can still see the descendants of those dwarf giants in the mountains — trolls.
