There are more descriptive details than you might expect. On pp. 30-34:
higher country
open forest
meadows
wildflowers
sunlight
lichenous boulders
clumps of trees
hills
purple distance
leaping, flashing streams
rainbows over bluffs
blue kingfishers
soaring hawks and eagles
loud wild geese
reeds in a mere
rabbits
deer
bears
white clouds
cloud shadows
many colours
cool wind
lowering sun
fire-like light on a lake
brant whirring from rushes
good ale
a yellow leopard
evening light golden on a swan's plumage
the swan becomes a woman...
twilit glimmer
darting, swooping swallows
quietness
night
stars
dew
familiar constellations
no mosquitos
The following morning, on pp. 34-35:
higher in the hills
rough land
wind
scarred boulders
waterfalls
ravines
long, harsh grass
gnarled copses
a dark horizon
a thicket by a cave
a dwarf emerging from the cave...
"'They do say elves an' trolls ha' made allayance,' said Unrich. 'An' when them thar clans get together, 'tis suthin' big afoot.'" (p. 35)
That is of interest to us here, having just read of the elf-troll wars in The Broken Sword!
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