"Loman's faction is still very under-developed," Marcel said, his voice snapping Isabell out of her inwardly spiralling thoughts.
"The Church seems to be behind him, though the fact that an Inquisitor spent months digging around after Lady Ashlynn's 'death' and never took action against Owain suggests the Church isn't fully comitted to either brother. Other than that," he added, tapping on Lothian City. "Loman's greatest popularity is with the common people close to home where he's been building support for years as a priest of the Church."
"So you want us to press for lands to the east of Lothian March," Isabell said, looking at the eastern barronies they'd passed through on their way to the city from Blackwell County. "To stop them from building their factions there."
