"Our people are too poor to buy many of the goods that the merchants from High Fen City brought with them," Heila said with a heavy sigh as she looked at the two pouches stuffed full of coins that Ashlynn had handed her.
She hadn't realized how poor the Vale of Mists had truly become until she reached High Fen City and learned about the vast differences between the living standards of the people in the Vale of Mists and the people of the High Fen. While it was true that the most common folk, the farmers, woodsmen, and laborers all lived very similar lives no matter where they were, many people in High Fen City enjoyed things that simply weren't a part of life in the Vale of Mists.
