Himaran, we'll go with what you want for your character (speaking rather boldly for all here as if their opinion was mine
). You tell us which of the three you want for Abarzadan:
1) stay on the island
2) have a horse left behind
3) have a horse with Marsillion hurry back for him.
Tell us which way works best for you and your character, and that's what we'll do (just between you and me and everybody else reading this,
the more suspenseful the better).