[She downs some of that mead while listening, nodding afterward.]

I'll bet, yeah. Even for regular folk, it was still dangerous. It didn't matter if you were picking a side or not, anyone could become a target.

I wasn't involved in any of that, not directly. The Valo-Kas had plenty of work elsewhere, but occasionally we where hired here and there to protect lands or towns from becoming battlefields. They learned there were better places to destroy each other.