She nodded again. "I see." It wouldn't have been that way in Glass, but in Feredar it might have. Gods only knew how it would fall out when Isselu, in theory, united the crowns.

Gods grant that day was long in coming.

Still, it would be interesting to see how history recorded the War, and Nolani's sisters-in-law and their roles in it.

"What kind of influence?" she asked. "Were many of them overt soldiers and diplomats, or did they more function behind the scenes, running spy rings and the like?"