The dirt Road

you have been sent by the royal court to investigate strange happenings near the edge of the kingdom. You know that unlike the other boarders of the kingdom, the one you are close to now has no other kingdom. the reason it has not been claimed is because it is too dangerous for any but the bravest few to survive in. you continue along the road and see something on the road and, thankful for the break in monotony, you realize it is....