Regardless of the frequency of traffic, it does seem odd to me that there are no roads, post stations, or villages with inns for the majority of the last leg of the jounrey to Deathgate. Presumably, there must be some strong taboo against establishing any such institutions. Is it that people don't want to appear to be profiteering >from others' losses? Or that no one wants to live within N hundred miles of the place? Enforced by the gods? Alexx Alexx Kay Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employers alexx at world.std.com http://world.std.com/~alexx "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone." -- Bill Cosby