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Palla is a supply runner who knows the Lorchel road and the people watching it. Brask directs Sylas to meet her at the north-road mill before dawn. Compact and hard-built, with iron-gray braids and scarred knuckles, she gives useful information with little interest in ceremony.[1]
Appearance and travel habits[1]
Palla is compact and hard-built, with iron-gray braids and scarred knuckles. Her pack sits high and close to her body, adjusted with the ease of long practice. She is already waiting at the mill-road junction before dawn, and reads the river-stone quickly before setting off without an introductory greeting.
Knowing the watched road[1]
Palla keeps track of people moving through the valley, including those who do not return. She distinguishes a road under observation from one that has already been closed, and knows how a change of watcher can briefly alter the risk. Her guidance is direct and bounded: she identifies the junction beyond which she can no longer be useful.
Story & history[1]
Reading the road
Palla tracks travelers, route markings, and changes of watch. She warns that a road can be studied and controlled before it is openly closed, and that knowledge of a watcher’s routine can matter as much as strength.
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The overlook above Grimvale Run[1]
She tells the company to expect chalk records of travelers and freight above Grimvale Run. The group later finds five cuts and a carriage mark, evidence that someone had counted them before they left town.
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Sources & appearances
BONDS: The Tale of Sylas · B.K. McSherry
BONDS · Final Draft 1.0
Referenced chaptersChapter 7
- [1]BONDS · Chapter 7