Alaric walked along with the easterner and the muscled man from earlier. In Balder, while women were allowed to be knights by law, it was considered extremely rare for a woman to fight. To some of the older knights that traveled to Lordran with King Rendal, it bordered on the obscene. In spite of this, Alaric was more than happy to let the easterner take the lead. She seemed more than capable of taking care of herself.

The group was later met by the man in white, and they all continued until the samurai woman spoke. She introduced herself as Saira, and bade the others to do the same. The journey *would* be long, and it wouldn't hurt to know the names of the people he'd have to depend on eventually.

"Alaric, first of his name, Prince and the last knight of Balder." Alaric said. "What's that about the sun you were saying earlier? I've heard it before."