The perils of the dreaded Circle Sea has made crossing from North to South on Wurm near impossible. While mariners are defeated in their attempts at this journey, and they realise that the flight to Freedom from the Northern Kingdoms was just pure chance, miners working in distant mountains on the lands of Wurm have unearthed the wondrous Portal Stones, previously only thought to have existed on Golden Valley. Now, these stones have been transported to the Wilds of the North and to Independence in the South, and gateways between the lands established.

But, travellers betware, for as has been discovered, this is not a gentle undertaking, and inscriptions found with the stones gave the following warning:

"The gods of these mighty edifices demand payment, and your Lords of Wurm must take ten silvers in tax from the coffers of you that wish to pass. And passage is not without its conditions thereafter, for this is not easy journey for trade, but a commitment! You must be aware that you can carry nothing but the most basic of tools given when you first arrived in Wurm, though you may carry coin and those precious items such as the Bag of Keeping that cannot be dropped from citizens' possessions. But we give some grace, for your possessions will be kept safe, and should you return they will be handed back to you.

"Those who are skilled in war craft, and have gained 50 or more in skill will lose five percent of it! And this loss can only be regained through hard grind, there are no favours here. Citizens will also be forced to wear the livery of the land they travel to, and will be adopted as a citizen of that place. For those of the Horde who travel south to the Freedom Isles, you will lose your faith and favour, and all those that travel North to South will lose one of their three conversions. Those travelling North from Freedom will not lose a conversion. Be wary and count your conversion carefully, for should you wish to return North and convert to Libila's Horde, she will not accept you if your lot of three is used up!"

Portals are dangerous at the best of times and the difficulties and restrictions we know about so far, may not be all that these ancient stones spring upon the traveller. However, this is good news too, for in the partition of Wurm, and the flight to the south, not all found themselves where their heart belonged. We wish them happy travelling.