Those who spoke well of Colin af Pollack were wrong. Those who scolded and spoke poorly were even more mistaken. He will fulfill his promise, throw the enemy’s head into the stamnos and bring it to the overlord. The aging mistress admits that she would like to have a son like him. But when asked why not her husband, she will answer: Let someone else suffer with him. He has a goal, and the ways to achieve it are far from humane and compassionate. To come into contact with it means to find yourself in a dangerous whirlpool of events from which you cannot escape.