You traverse along a long abandoned and forgotten path through the forests near a ruined city, seeing the small animals in the bushes and grasses living their lives and occasionally poking their heads out to see you. The air carries the earthy scent of moss and damp soil while bird songs echo through the trees above.

Suddenly, the forest opens into a clearing with several tree stumps, and you catch a glimpse of a simple home built next to a river stream whose water sparkles in the sunlight. Nearby, a woman wearing a simple dress sits on a stump, a black greatsword embedded in one of the stumps beside her. The sound of the flowing water mixes with the rustle of leaves in the gentle breeze.

She's quiet, until you approach. "...I did not think a single soul would ever approach this forest again," she says, her rough voice calling out to you across the clearing. She stands up and turns to you, golden eyes and scarred face clearly visible in the daylight. "What brings you here?"