Frieda's Tale

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Unlike Emily, who came from our world, Frieda was born on the Nameless World and was raised in the Cairngorms, one of the poorest and most desolate parts of the Allied Lands. She developed magic when she entered her teenage years and was sold to Mountaintop Academy, where she was lucky enough to meet Emily (The School of Hard Knocks). They became friends and Frieda was allowed to follow Emily when she returned to Whitehall

She never returned home, until now.

Chronologically, the story starts roughly midway through Oathkeeper.

There was something in the air.

Radovan could feel it as he pushed his way through the twilight, stepping between trees and down paths that had barely been explored since the nearest village had been destroyed and the land cursed. It was rare for anyone to come so close, and even Radovan himself had been careful to skirt the edge of the ruined village, rather than go into the pooling shadows. The risk was just too great. Those who walked into the ruins never came out again.

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