Looking back through our feigned history, I found some things that might be worth remembering:
First, to answer
Firefoot's question, Linduial left The Eorling Mead Hall some little time before Rowenna arrived. So they don't know each other.
Second, there's this little piece of context:
Quote:
"An aptly put question," Eodwine replied. "The King's command is for me to move my seat of rule from Edoras. He has given me Sorn's lands to be my own."
"But that's some of the poorest land in the realm!" cried Garstan, who had had a first hand look when they had rescued Linduial, the niece of the Eorling queen, from the outlaw Sorn.
Eodwine nodded. "I am aware of that, of course. The King has commanded me to drain the marshes near Sorn's holdings, and every inch I can make to grow crops or feed cattle, is mine for the claiming. On either side of the Scar."
"Scar? What's that?" asked Falco.
"Its'a rocky spine that runs east to west across a small portion of the plains. It is of little use, but one cannot simply move entire hills one does not like. We shall have to see what can be done with them. At any rate, I've decided to call the place Scarburg. It seemed fitting. So it will fall to each of you whether you wish to stay here, at the White Horse Inn, or to come with me to Scarburg, for the King will let me keep this Inn, so that it may once again be a hostelry for travelers who are willing to pay for room and board. So that is hwo it is."
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It may be that only the Scarburg area is really marshy land; but this may extend elsewhere near the Scar, making it even harder for some farmers nearby.
I'm sure that neither Scyld nor Rowenna have any idea what to say to each other, but it'll happen on the fly when they're in each other's presence and chemistry takes over.
