This might seem strange to you, but was there a lighthouse? If there was a lighthouse, there's a chance they were close to home. That's the first time I encountered Matthias. Not him in truth, I suppose.

There was another place we encountered, with a lot of sunken ships. Might as easily have been there that you saw. I don't suppose it matters -- it is their fight that matters.

He was ambitious. He seemed to lack caution. He replaced a man in Ellethia who wouldn't do the things that he was willing to do. I don't think it was good for his family. Still, I thought his daughter died of some sickness.