Role

Chapter 5

Caitlyan has been made stronger by her earlier trials, and she has enough
wisdom and intellect to recognize this. She has worked to strengthen her
body and her fighting abilities. She has sought, and joined the Village of
the BattleRagers.

She was challenged by the Commander, Salyeris, with tasks of varying difficulty,
but all more stringent than most applicants face. In time she managed to earn a
recommendation from Salyeris and join the Village. She has chosen to
let her berserker rage come to the fore, and uses hammers as well as
knives to attempt to crush and slice the mages she has come to despise.

If she did not already have reasons to despise magicians, she's earned many
since joining the Village. She has managed to ascend to the pinnacle of the
guild of warriors, and has recently been spoken to by the Commander regarding
the post of Drillmaster, recently left vacant by the passing of Iepnier.

All of these things are fulfilling, but they are not answers to her questions
about Honor. She has managed to locate the shrine of Lord Fjarn, and has prayed
to him. No answer has greeted her yet, but she is not concerned. It will come, if
it is Fated to come, that conversation with her lord.

In the meantime, her own thoughts on Honor have evolved from the childish
expectations that factored from her time with her Father. While she understands
better, now, what her Father was feeling and thinking, she disagrees with it even
more strongly, now.

Still evolving, to be certain. But her view of Honor now includes the following:
One of the most honorable acts a woman can achieve is to bear the shame of her own
dishonor with humility, courage, and strength. To give in to the dishonor is to
dishonor yourself further.