As I now have time I would be happy to put Stigend in with this mess. After all he has to be a streetwise person as he has managed to get a living as a wandering smith with a half-Dunleding wife and an odd looking kid (think of the situations they would have to have managed...) - and anyhow he has been serving at the men at arms in his youth so he might be able to do a thing or two even if he isn't a professional...
I'm catching up with you, something like a page left to read and then I'm up to it.
And anyhow, Stigend has this far being mostly a nice father who overprotects his son and is all flovers and peace. But there sure is another side to him as well, coming all the way from his childhood insistence of making his own mind and even defying his family. As I kind of missed the last action-part because of RL business I'd love to give it a more decent try this time.