They would only spend one night back at camp, and then resume their search for Zilly and Brin’s step-brother tomorrow, but Brin made sure to take the time to ask around about the Easterlings. He got very little information because while everyone seemed to have a lot of ideas about them but he had no idea what could be trusted. Even Brin's brief encounter with them told him that much of it was obviously wrong."They fear the sunlight.""The touch of iron poisons them.""They come from the sea, and cannot live long outside of water."Much of the rest was impossible to verify, but offered explanations for the things he'd seen."They're elves! The warrior caste of the elves. They walk the fae roads and can cross continents in an instant.""They're children of the sky, conquerors of the moon and planets. They cross our world by the same methods with which they cross the dark seas between the stars." "They are spirits. Demons, who can only briefly take physical form to bring suffering to the living."Cati Breckon was scrubbing tables in the Commoner's Camp's public house when the Lance dropped in. She was surprisingly insightful when Brin recounted their fight and listed off some of the theories. "Whatever dimension they travel through, whether it's a fae realm, the spiritual realm, or some strange space for creatures of the void, I think they're alien to it the same way that we are. They travel through, but only the leaders use it with their Skills. That makes it seem like it's something they have to learn, not something that's natural to them. I bet there's an Easterling nation somewhere. Perhaps underground, or across the sea."Cid knew a bit about them, but mostly standard military doctrine. "They can appear anywhere on Earth without warning, but they usually only appear in contested areas. No man's land, or like here, where several nations are struggling for control of the same place. They love bravery (...)