Things were unfolding on several fronts.
At the Haligtree, an Albinauric rode a wolf carrying Helena toward the Astrologer's Ruins to find Sellen and have her cure Maliketh's poisoning.
Whether she could cure it was secondary. The main hope was that the learned and versatile Genius Witch would know what poison had afflicted Maliketh.
Helena did not even know what poison Maliketh had been afflicted with, so she had no idea where to start.
Helena had some misgivings, since she barely knew Sellen. She could only hope Sellen would lend a hand for Zhao Si's sake.
The matter with Maliketh could wait a little longer.
Things on Godrick's side, however, were desperately urgent.
The Banished Knights were all capable military advisers when it came to deploying troops and arranging formations. Without Godrick having to do much of anything, they organized the military preparations and waited for the Redmane Army to arrive.
The Storm Eagles returned first.
The Storm Eagles brought new intelligence.
Hidden in Mistwood, Fort Haight was of little help to the fighting at the front because of its peculiar location.
But it was an enormous help in gathering intelligence from the front.
The lord of Fort Haight was named Kenneth Haight, a noble of middling rank.
As his surname suggested, Fort Haight was his family's fief.
As a minor lord, he even had the authority to confer knighthoods.
Kenneth looked like a blond, middle-aged man, with an aristocratic air in every gesture.
Even his manner of speaking had it.
Predictably, he was bound to be at odds with Godrick.
But as a mature, professional noble, he would not publicly make remarks disparaging the young master of the Golden Lineage under these circumstances.
When he heard of Godwyn's death, Kenneth was deeply grieved. He even felt that the sky