“I’ve not heard much,” Astrid hedges, listen, do take her gossip with a grain of salt and don’t quote her on this but:

“What I did hear in the scouting reports for this area, though, were that they’re protecting the villages in the area. Keeping ’em safe from the straggler darkspawn which keep popping up here and there. Maybe picking fights with their old comrades, who the fuck knows. These ones are s’posed to be friendly enough with Riftwatch and consider us allies but we were still told to tread carefully. Be respectful, like. We’re technically in their territory.”