"Nice to meet you, Gareth Harker." Walden replied, with a smile, before turning his attention to Sophia, "Aye, there must always be those of kind hearts in dark times. It's the only thing that stops things from getting too grim." He said, with a slight chuckle, now turning to Jezin, smiling when he mentioned the Order of the Thistle, "I guess you could say I'm a member. I never took no vow, nor did I ever receive a nice cape to wear, but they call me Sir Walden of the Order all the same. I'm a volunteer for the Order. My father served as an advisory to King Bernard the Wolf, the man responsible for the military might that Keilaudrin now possesses." Walden explained, pride filling his voice as he spoke of Bernard and his father, "I handle all administrative and other issues a knight is not normally associated with." Walden said, with a smile, "Besides, I don't know if I could swear off girls and and spend every waking hour being as serious as they are." He said, booming out with nothing fit of laughter. Walden then turned his attention back to Gareth, "You look like a fit lad, and you don't look like a foreign dignartiy. Are you from here in Mullen?" He asked.