Newcomers (Kara and Sigrun)
The road to Skalavik was covered with over two feet of snow, if this even was the road. It was impossible to know for certain as there was little travel this early in the year. But in any case, it was a beautiful vista, and the early spring sunlight reflected on the snow. It was clean and fresh and cold. Much colder than one would expect further south at this time of year.
The young halfling crossed the snow with snowshoes. Without them, not even her whole head would have been seen above the snow! From another direction, a riding half-elf was also making her way towards town. As the horse was trudging through the deep snow, they traveled at about the same pace.
Miles ahead of them and over these hills was a small coniferous forest, about 10 square miles or so, and some distance beyond it was Skalavik.
[OOC: As mentioned elsewhere, each of you get snowshoes and winter clothing for free. The snow is deep and it's below freezing. If you look at the Group 1 map, you're about an hour off the map to the southwest, so it will be a few more hours before you'll get to town.]