You don't know how long you have traveled the forest road. Why do you walk a path inlaid with the bones of those who came before you? Are you looking for something just around the bend? Are you fleeing something you left behind?
It doesn't really matter does it?
It doesn't matter how long it takes for you to stop caring, all that matters is when you do, the scent of mulled wine draws you away from the path. Deeper in you find the road has left your sight, and you know that you will not find it again.
Ignore the forest, for it will devour you.
You enter a clearing, where the Violet Moon Tavern resides. Will you enter? Have a drink and hear a tale? Is there really anything worth going back to now that you have ventured so far from where you once been?