So the Baron who had lent Percvale money all those years ago was still ruling Thandor.
Darion found himself imagining the man automatically.
Older now, obviously. Probably somewhere around Garren's age if what Garren said was accurate. Back then the Baron of Thandor had apparently only just inherited leadership, young and inexperienced, yet still willing to help a neighboring territory that was already beginning to collapse.
That alone said something about his character.
Most rulers would've avoided Percvale entirely after the invasion. A damaged Barony drowning in debt and instability wasn't an opportunity, it was a burden waiting to spread.
Yet this man had still opened his treasury and handed over seven thousand coins simply because he saw people suffering.
Darion leaned back slightly in his chair.
A young Baron doing that in a world like this was rare. Not impossible, but rare.
