A convoy of ponies gallop north towards the Hill of Uisneach. A different setting than Samhain where this whole chronicle first began. For Carolin, this is her first time at Uisneach. She has longed to visit the meeting centre of Eiru. She wishes under better circumstances, though the thoughts of exploration never once cross her troubled mind. She rides alongside Oisin, who too has exhausted his taste of the journey. Only this time, he has no brother to bounce banter off on the tedious trek through the wilderness. He ponders where Fionn is, furious about not being given a chance to say goodbye. In the background, away from people, Fionn hides, following the crowd, afraid to be seen by his kingdom. Dressed in Laighin colours, he blends into the crowd. Despite his somewhat unofficial banishm
