Hundreds of kilometers East of Alterra, there was a certain small group of half-orcs and dwarves traversing the terrain. This group had been traveling across the forests and varying terrains this whole time, rarely making a formal stopover in a human territory.
The world was so large that even if there were thousands of territories in the region, the forests, mountains, and other things in between were far more vast.
Because of their, er, group composition, it wasn't easy for them to enter a territory without garnering unwanted attention, so they simply didn't enter a territory.
All of them were capable of surviving in the wild, anyway, especially with strong half orcs. If they couldn't handle the threat, they'd run, though the dwarves and the babies would be carried by the other two half-orcs.
In their case, they could only travel on foot, resting a bit when they found a suitable campsite. They weren't entirely sure where the settlements were exactly, but their pace was steady.
