The only other thing to say about this chapter is that it’s about where the Mad Prince subplot began in the original drafts of the book.
Though this is explained other places on the site, I should probably note it here. The Mad Prince, a character who has been cut from the book, dominated about three or four chapters in the last quarter of the manuscript. Originally, Raoden wasn’t an only child—he had a brother who was something of a madman. Eton—the Mad Prince—was sent away by his father to live in seclusion. He was mentioned several places in the text, foreshadowing the time when Hrathen decided to pull him back into Arelish politics to try and use him as a pawn.
In this chapter, the Mad Prince arrives in the area—though we don’t know it. Hrathen finds out that Eton has arrived, and goes to meet with him off stage. The reader doesn’t know what’s going on yet—you only know that Hrathen has some other little scheme he’s been cooking up since Sarene’s fall. (Remember, in the original draft of the book, Telrii was far less of a character. Hrathen gave up on him early in the book, after the plan to sink Iadon’s ships ended up being a wash.)
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