<strong>Katrina d'Errineiu</strong>, Outside the Carriages.<br/><br/>Katrina stepped from the carriage carefully, looking up at the imposing bulk of Avonleigh. Impressive, she thought to herself, but then, what else would you expect? Certainly, it would make a fine adventure to explore it with her interesting friends - there would be any number of unexplored rooms and dark crannies to be made use of! She was quite looking forward to it, and seeing who would join in the fun. She agreed with Antoinette that Viktor's bravery and good looks deserved a reward, and there were others she hoped to tempt along...<br/><br/>However, and more important for the moment, this was the first real chance she'd had to meet the stranger who had joined them at the fight. A delicious mystery! Kat had picked up the gist of what had happened back there during the brief rest-stops; a woman in flight from the barbarians across the border, rescued by Lilian, and brought along - it sounded like something out of a fairytale. Now, she had a chance to approach the stranger; as she closed, she saw that there was something decidedly odd about her, but in the dim light could not make it out.<br/><br/>The stranger was talking to one of the servants, a handsome large man that Kat supposed must have been of some account in the fighting; he was wearing a sling, and talking to a lady, so there was no doubt he had done<em>something</em>.<br/><br/>"Good evening, my lady," Kat said, softly but firmly breaking into the conversation, allowing the big man a little smile as though to apologise for the interruption. A servant he might be, but she did not wish to antagonise the stranger by slighting a man injured in her defence too openly. "I have not had the opportunity to greet you; I am Lady Katrina d'Errineiu, and I am pleased to make your acquaintance."<br/><br/>She turned her smile to the lady as she spoke, dipping her head in respectful greeting.