"Raiders from the wastelands beyond, Ice Runners tired of migrating across the tundra. Ours is small kingdom, beyond the wastes, across the mountains and glaciers. We've been sneaking for months, moving with caravans to throw off pursuers" she chuckled.

"We lost someone though, your other guard perhaps? So we're getting a little travel worn and desperate, prone to make mistakes in direction in tunnels..."

Rachel...had no experience with charter mages really. Just Yrael...it was almost amusing to contemplate what they'd make of her...something so irreversibly of Life traveling with Yrael.