Kerith eyes Aren for a moment, as if stunned by the question. "Should she wed a hero, regardless of his birth, where is that anything but right with the world?"<br/><br/>He goes on to explain some of the politics. "As for noblewomen, it is their lot to be traded like cattle to secure this treaty or that or to strengthen old bonds by re-making cousins of allies. Even our cousin Aria must make a match at some point, though her vows allow her far more freedom than our little Vee. Tiernly has already made overture Father risked much to postpone. She is well-past womanhood and it is talked about why she isn't wed yet. And when she goes to him spoiled, I must answer for it. As she would go to him rightly, the only answer I can give for what becomes his insult is war. He'll never agree to settle the matter as gentlemen."