Roper knew about the Chief Historian, and had been watching Jokul over the last few days. He was one of the few who had stood against the idea of sheltering in the Hindrunn. Even more unusually, when he spoke, his words were not treated with scorn by Uvoren and his baying supporters, but warily considered. He was treated delicately, like one of those toxic-mouthed snakes that sometimes arrive on trade ships from distant lands, which even Uvoren dared not enrage. There was no obvious reason why. He had no reputation in battle, he was not backed by any great house that Roper knew of, and he was
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