We have arrived at Rest Stop One.
No, I am not giving this place that name. It was what this place was known by the locals and travellers that travel this path from Crystal City to Emberfall. It would be the last rest stop when the travel is in reverse.
Anyway, at the rest stop, we aren't the only ones present. There are two caravans that were going to the crystal city or maybe passing the city on their way to someone east of it, probably to the border city with the Frost Empire.
Though there were always clashes between these empires, they would never, on purpose, disrupt the trade between each other. The trade between the empires was far too important for the empires to have such schemes.