How much time is expected to have passed from the time the PC's leave Balentyne until they reach Farholde? I ask because it seems like the PC's pretty much leave straight away with Tiadora, and take a more or less direct route there. But by the time they get there, the soldier have already left to go after Fire-Axe, and even Hallack seems to be aware of Fire-Axe, talking about how "few who have faced the Fire-Axe have lived to tell the tale." So was there supposed to be a longer time gap here, or am I missing something?
