The Restoration of Erihal [GAME START]

The mysterious lizard friend - Xanthi, as a few folks might have learned by now - was also leaning over the map. Of course, being seven feet tall, she didn't really get in anyone's way, towering over the map to observe it. She'd lugged quite a bit of luggage out here, all sorts of books and instruments and such for whatever it was she actually did. That might not have been particularly clear.

"Hm. Highway... probably not in a state to be especially useful. Maybe a few interesting finds along the way? Obvious enough to have been picked clean of anything significant, though.

The river..." Xanthi leaned a bit to look around Duril's arm slapping all over the map, squinting her eyes in mild irritation. She waited for him to finish. "Easy survival, bridge being out would be a major challenge. Maybe we can follow the river on the side where we won't need to cross it?

And crossing the plains... Hm. Maybe. Challenging start, but if the road still exists, easier second leg? Lake should support enough of an ecosystem to restock by hunting, if needed. Better than the highway, probably. I like that option."

Xanthi had still not really explained who she was, but she was getting right in on all of this.