Siegfried, the scout, was running out of hope and time.  His return journey home would have to be within the hour.  He pushed on a little longer and finally found his tribe’s salvation.  A remote village with a river running alongside nestled in the foothills.  He circumnavigated the dwellings in the moonlight, giving it a final check over before he returned to speak to the elders.

As dawn broke, the villagers resumed their daily chores.  The priest attended to his duties of administering help to the sick and giving the last rites.