‘After my spirited departure from the Seven Words, I journeyed north towards Brachys Sound and the Sea of Scales, eager to put as much distance as I could, and, with any luck, an ocean, between myself and the Knights Merciless. With Aeygar on my side and the head start I enjoyed, I knew that the swiftest Zephyros in Sigmaron was never going to catch me – I think I just enjoyed seeing how fast the eagle could go.
‘By some roundabout route we found ourselves in the Unchained Lands. You’ve not heard of them? I’m not surprised. I forget now where they are exactly, and you’ll find them on no map. Believe me, I’ve looked. How I wound up there, or why, or what became of them in the years since… that I couldn’t tell you. Which, now I look back on it does seem a little strange…’