The morning was warmer than usual, with a slight sense of humidity in the air.

Heidrenn always hated when his older brother sent him to town for supplies
needed at the inn his family ran. Of course they had animals and crops at the
farm his father owned, but the inn was located at the main road that connected
with Eludia. So many travelers past by, sometimes there wasnt enough
resources to maintain the quantity that arrived demanding food and shelter .
Normally it took him a whole day to complete an errand if the weather allowed
it.
Well, at least it isnt raining like last time.
Several days ago, with his brother, they had to set camp at the outmost part of
the lords land. Hed been through that before. Storms are very common in this
part of the world. They could restrain you from advancing for weeks. It was
better to set camp and wait for the passing of the storm.
While mentally complaining about the unfairness of the job his family had
granted him, he saw an atypical man walking down the road, with clothes very
different from a normal Eludian. He almost seemed like a Northerner. He wore a
black and red tunic, bearing a snow owl at the innerside, like keeping it from
being discovered from an unkown party.
Hes from House Nightfrost. Heidrenn thought. What is a Winthrossian noble
doing here, at this side of the world?
From the rumors Heidrenn had heard, the people from Winthross are very
reserved, they do not accustom to travel around the world, specially not on
their own. If one of them was here, it would probably mean he was exiled. For a
Winthrossian to be exiled, treason must be the cause. Theirs is not the tradition
of execution. Their method of punishment is more brutal than that. They are
forced to climb the frozen mountains alone, lasting at least a week before they
can come back down and repent themselves, at the same time as enduring the
difficulties of a frozen environment that almost no sole person can survive or
has ever been known to survive. Even if they manage to come back down, they
are exiled from Withrossian society for the rest of their lives, relieved of all their
titles along with their direct descendants. A trait that makes them very loyal
people.
Although unwillingly. He thought.
Hed never seen a winthrossian noble alone before. Maybe he was a killler? Or
a rapist? But it is a sure thing that he is a bad man.
I do not need a servant, I need a friend.