The Lord Commander of the King’s Guard, Lord Master Fenner Threeswords, is dispatched with a small party to help reclaim villages left to fend for themselves after the cataclysm. The party encountered a gang of bandits known as the “Black Swallows” who have made themselves the de facto authority in the regions not directly under the King Bruener's gaze. Despite the protests of Sir Kendric, Lord Fenner slaughtered many of the bandits and threatened death upon their families for failing to recognize the King Bruener’s authority. This has led the Black Swallows to call him “Lord Fenner Warpath”.