Chapter 74 : The Caravan

• She had never seen so many people from so many diverse regions, paths, and occupations. Even in Pyre, there had never been such unity among the people, despite the government's efforts to make everyone the same. Here, it was different. There was something more genuine, and Avera knew that she liked it much better than Zephyr's form of unity among men.
• There was work going on to bury the dead there in Elkshire, which Jordan oversaw. Together, many of the men labored to dig the graves and transport the bodies of the people. For the most part, there was a communal grave prepared for all of them, but the bodies of the representatives were laid aside and each was given its own place out of reverence for the regions.
• Benjamin went out to meet the people as they came from north and south and west to gather in the far east of the kingdom, and Avera had gone out with him, watching as he welcomed the weary travelers with love and warmth. After some time of this, she had noticed a significant lack of people from Laoce when a caravan from the southwest came with horses and carts so full of such generous supplies that it would put even the people of Tyra to shame, though all the kingdom knew of their great charity and readiness in service.