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Again, thank you.

«a small force of soldiers
contributed by Barzay, who greatly appreciated
having support from paladins with different gifts.»

A god? a local ruler?

«He could feel it now, the quiver of grace»
I read* that as both the shiver and the ready stock of arrows.

* both homographs

Alazar: god of Art, yes?
Diawn: of the forest?

«As wretched as Johan's tasks had often been,
he could only imagine how much worse it was
for Forthan, who was never really welcome.

Well, Johan might not be any bit of a gentleman,
but he could damn well say thank you when
someone helped him out. Somebody ought to.»

Empathy for the Death-god. How strange and hubristic-seeming, but in this setting how right. Better than Sympathy for the Devil, I suppose.