"Lord Reynold," Owain said, turning to the older brother of the missing Sir Rain. "I'm glad to see that you've made it safely back to civilization," he said, offering a genuine smile for one of the few lords who ventured into the wilderness to fight demons as frequently as Owain himself did.
The greatest difference between the two men was that Lord Reynold Aleese had been venturing far beyond the borders claimed by the Lothian March. Reynold's father, Baron Tybal Aleese, had long believed that there must be a central settlement of some sort where the Horse Lord's nomadic forces stockpiled their supplies and made their preparations for war, and he'd sent his son deep into the wilderness in the hopes of finding what might prove to be the powerful Demon Lord's only strategic weakness.
