I ventured this way on purpose. Maps and secondhand tales may be helpful, but it's impossible to truly know the land without seeing it for oneself.

[And now he knows more of the dangers as well, for the small price of a few bandits' lives. Altaïr gives the other man an appraising look, one that has little to do with his proclivity to shift forms.]

But I wouldn't say no to any information you wish to share about the area.