Jarla

After the road and the seemingly endless burial detail it was an unbelievable relief to reach Mannan's Keep. Jarla made straight for the Sar, praying for Ranald that she could find lodgings and a bath and something cold to drink.

It had been hard to find the right time to talk to the others; they were so clearly wrapped up in the business of mourning for there dead that Jarla felt ill at ease even as an observer far less interrupting them. Even so on the journey back she had found a moment to say to Elsa: "I'll be at the inn trying to win a drinking contest against myself if you and the others want to talk later."