"Do not become too attached to Varnhold. This is but a stepping stone. Our real prize lies to the west. – But

"Do not become too attached to Varnhold. This is but a stepping stone. Our real prize lies to the west. – But what does Varn do? He sends them gifts! Better to send them assassins! Without their baron, the Shrike Hills would descend into a struggle for power – and Silverstep and the Kamelands would fall to us soon after!"