Military action
Coming with the night, a force of highlander clansmen from the Soaire Highlands attacks the town of Ustal from across Lake Fyr. The town is caught off-guard and vulnerable. Leading the highlanders is Aoife who has spent the past few years using her usual methods to pull together this force. Alongside her is Nymaras, now a grown woman of eighteen and a warrior like her mother.
Aoife uses that dark blade to execute those responsible for her exile while the highlanders sack and set fire to the town.