Valerie smiled and walked up when signaled and could not have helped overhearing some of the conversation going on between the two.  "I believe I was promised an explanation of what was going on once the combat was over.  I'm not from around here you see.  I have been traveling for almost a year now seeking to hone my skills with the sword, though about a week ago I passed out due to exhaustion combined with a rather sever fever and was taken in by those kind people who helped nursed me back to health, but honestly I don't even know<em>where</em>I am!  I just wake up one day feeling better and there is a fight going on outside!  What is the situation I have found myself in?"