Quote Originally Posted by halfeye View Post
How the halibut do we tell who has a plausible reason to be at the north pole? The main valid reason has to be "they're in this bit", and then The giant wrote a reason.
No, the main valid reason is that they're a crew of the Mechane, and the Mechane flew the Order to the North Pole. All the mysterious helper had to do was overhear what the Order were talking about on the ship, decide that their mission is important (with, you know, the world at stake), and get off at the North Pole to try to help.