The evening flowed with Ser Egan on the heels of Alaric Wilusz. The jumped-up knight followed the boy from a trade deal gone wrong just outside the realm. Alaric rushed towards Malton keep for the protection his uncle offered. Bernd Wilusz served as the leader of the king’s guard. He wouldn’t let Ser Egan cut Alaric down— justified or otherwise.

Ser Egan hailed from an old but undistinguished family. Most of his kin were rangers— making the task of returning safely to Malton walls a danger for Alaric. Ser Egan didn’t like that the young Wilusz saw through his extortion deal with the pirates on the southern coast. He offered three more gold to the pirates (a pittance for him) and wrest Egan’s economic dream away from him.