This could be by design, but I was fighting some Imperials north of a set of Centurions. I fled south into them and attempt to go north, only to be blocked with quiet menace.

A huge grey wolf's bite mauls Citzen1.
The Treant's beating mauls Citzen2.
The Treant's beating mauls Citzen2.
The gods protect Citzen2 from Akrangol.
Citzen1's pierce MASSACRES a huge grey wolf!
Citzen1's pierce MANGLES a huge grey wolf!
Citzen2 dodges your wrath.
Your wrath wounds Citzen2.
The gods protect Citzen2 from Akrangol.
Citzen2's staff makes a loud crack as it strikes a huge grey wolf squarely in the head!
Citzen2's blow STUNS a huge grey wolf!
Citzen2 is covered with bleeding wounds.

<884/xxxhp 858/xxxm 910/910mv> (wilderness outdoor waning 2 PM) Entrance to the Imperial Lands
You stand on a perfectly engineered road traveling as far as you can see to the north. Fields of crops surround you and the occasional farmhouse peeks above the rolling hills as you travel past. Two large towers lie on each side of the road. The arrow slits on the second story look like the eyes of two great sentries guarding the Imperial Road. Far to the north you see a line of snow covered mountains, to the south lies the beginning of a small village.

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(Red Aura) (White Aura) A Centurion stands here collecting the tithe for the Empire.
(Red Aura) A Centurion stands here collecting the tithe for the Empire.
Akrangol has arrived.
You flee from combat!

<884/xxxhp 858/xxxm 909/910mv> (civilized outdoor waning 2 PM) You aren't fighting anyone.

<884/xxxhp 858/xxxm 909/910mv> (civilized outdoor waning 3 PM) n
The centurion blocks your path with quiet menace.

<884/xxxhp 858/xxxm 909/910mv> (civilized outdoor waning 3 PM) co sunray Citzen1
They aren't here.

<884/xxxhp 858/xxxm 909/910mv> (civilized outdoor waning 3 PM) n
The centurion blocks your path with quiet menace.