In Baron Hanrahan's great hall, a semblance of normalcy had returned to the welcoming feast following Loman's explosive sermon. The young lord had made some things clear, and they were nonnegotiable mandates handed down from his father, the Marquis.
No matter how much Baron Hanrahan tried to plead that Sir Dollin had grown old enough to have earned his retirement from the field of battle, or that Sir Niall was too young to lead his village's men into battle, Loman held firm. Both knights, along with Sir Thorryn, were required to bring the men under their command with them when he left to hunt the demons.
