Another hour past the dead monk, the road splits again, with a branch going east into Selmwald. The edge of the hamlet is visible from the crossing, in fact. Selmwald is a tiny place in the heart of the forest, with only 6 huts and about 40 inhabitants. Of the 9 men, 8 are woodcutters, though the women take care of some chicken and a few pigs as well as harvesting from the gardens.

There are also half a dozen oxens, used mostly as work animals.
Markus Maurus, the carpenter and cart builder, is the total of the local infrastructure. Since he can’t survive on this small business alone, he is also Semwalds only hunter.
Roland Jurich, the only villager able to read and write (because he was raised as an orphan at the convent), sometimes reads passage from the scriptures on Sundays, though he definitely doesn’t consider himself a member of the clergy. Anyways, the villagers are not particularly faithful, except when monks from the convent stop by. On normal days, the local religion is a pragmatic mixture of paganism and christianity.

The entertainers split up near Selmwald, with two of the boys, a girl and one of the men entering the hamlet for a quick show of juggling, dirty jokes and news in exchange for some food. The carts and the others continued onwards, and the three hurried after them to catch up later.
If the characters describe Elaine, the villagers will recognize her and let them know that this was, indeed, the girl that was there.

If the party pressed on and made no detour to the convent, it will be evening when they arrive in Selmwald, with just over an hour left before sunset. The villagers will tell them that if they hurry, they can still make it to Lergovia before sunset and the gates close for the night.