Alena nods and says, "You could say that...Though I suspect I only survived due to my cowardice. I...It was awful. I fled the city after...One of my oldest friends...His skeleton ripped his own flesh from his bones. After that...I had to leave. But not without putting out one of the eyes of Winter's colossus on my way out." She sighs, and continues, "Anyways, I'm here to try to get an army to retake Thorns, no matter what." She sighs again, continuing, "Which is seeming less and less likely."