He scowled, and for an instant his face was that bloody mask again. More: a sword floated above his head, and a banner waved behind it. The long-hilted sword, like those most Warders used, had a heron engraved on its slightly curved blade, symbol of a blademaster, and Min could not say whether it belonged to Gawyn or threatened him. The banner bore Gawyn’s sign of the charging White Boar, but on a field of green rather than the red of Andor. Both sword and banner faded with the blood. ‘Be careful, Gawyn.’
