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Popping in...
...and seems not a moment too soon. Y'all have been busy this summer. I've skimmed the last couple pages of discussion thread and it looks like interesting things are happening.
Summary of Scyld: Pressed into Sorn's service because his father owed a large debt to Sorn, and he was there for something like 12 years (at the end though it was voluntary since his term was up - but he didn't have anywhere else to go). During Linduial's kidnapping, Scyld served as her jailor and through conversations with her he basically decided that Linduial was more worthy to help than Sorn and he helped her escape. She asked him to come back to Edoras with him and said that she would ensure his pardon, but although Scyld sort of wanted to believe her his life experience didn't really leave him any room to believe in the mercy of authority figures. When Eodwine & co. arrived at Scarburg, Scyld decided to come and see what the people were like that Linduial told him all about. Also partly for a lack of anything else to do... he's sort of adrift right now.
Relevance to current affairs... Scyld would be very familiar with the politics of the area, though he would be really reluctant to admit it because then people might be able to start making connections about his past.
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