elderman

Then I guess I've now been through the whole welcoming ritual. Thank you for the kind unhinging.

Thank you, that helped. I sort of understand the problem-solving logic of that: that I had to decide whom to trust. I don't understand why that same character saying nothing in any more detail about where the woods were, or any of the other characters telling me to go to the woods, didn't put the area on my map.

I guess maybe it's vitally important later on that one of those two characters knows the purpose of my visit to Khemeria?

Now I know to go to the FAQs if I get stuck.

<Edit>I did search the boards for keyword Dhorl before asking. That FAQ answer didn't show up.</edit>

My party is on their second assignment from Avadon, sending them to Khemeria. I've received numerous subquests telling me to go to Dhorla Woods, from the Shaman, from the clanless couple, and from the Stead elder. I can't get there, though. If I walk off the edge of the Dhorl Stead map, there are no options for other places to travel. I assume I'm supposed to talk to someone in order to activate the next area of the game, but whom?