He was all but escorted into the castle, with Tanismore going before him, apparently doing a lot of good for the worried onlookers. It was doubtless done purposefully to give the appearance that things were under control and that the apparition of the king’s shadow that everyone had thought long dead was not going to run amok. However, in spite of Handy’s expectations, he was led away from the main hall and taken to the first of the old coterie of royal knights.