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Hilderinc
Hilderinc's first reaction, when Athanar's sons appeared in the courtyard, was a mixture of disbelief, combined with the urge to roll his eyes and chuckle, giving way to a sting of anger with the young fools; immediately replaced by the attentiveness brought by the reflexes of a warrior. Hilderinc eyed Faramund's men, of whom some seemed to be openly amused. The Scarburgians, on the other hand, seemed to keep their cool – even though their reactions were as much emotional, if not more so. Some looked at Wulfric and Wilheard with a bit of rebuke in their gaze, some tried to conceal their horror in face of such a disgrace in the eyes of their would-be enemies. The appearance of the strangely decorated elder son and the shoeless younger son of lord Athanar seemed to both lower and raise the tension between the groups facing each other in the courtyard. The slight relief and amusement, shared to a certain extent by both groups, only with the men of Scarburg trying to conceal it, somehow lifted the tension – for a brief moment. But then, the Scarburgians had to think about how the other group will think of them now: the show of the lack of discipline and all. But it had occured to Hilderinc that, if it came down to fight, this might actually even give advantage to Athanar's men: if Faramund's soldiers let their minds become distracted by the idea of their enemies being jerks, they could easily underestimate whom they were facing. Still, Hilderinc hoped that it won't come to a fight. But following Thornden's sharp rebuke, the situation seemed as tense as before, and the men of Scarburg were attentive.
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