Guard Leikan:
If you follow this road northeast, you will come to the Ruins of Agony. Originally, it was the village of Bernice, where I was born, but it was reduced to ashes by the war. If you see its ghastly state, you will understand why it's now called the Ruins of Agony.
If you pass the ruins and continue north, you will arrive at the forest where the Dark Elves live. Although I've never gone there myself... Travelers say that it is dark and eerie in a very unnatural way.