Western Watch (3rd Draft)

Lady Merreth of Sable House is on the run, seeking escape from a the consequences of brutal murder she may or may not have committed. Her political enemies have no doubt of her guilt, though, and intend to see her executed.

With no where to hide within the Matriarchy, she flees to the western frontier where a brutal war with the steppe clans is being waged. There, cast out of the nobility, and forced to keep company with the commoners with which the Matriarchy wages its war, all she needs to do is survive.

Her enemies within the nobility want her dead, the commoners are suspicious of her, and the steppe clans are closing in. How hard could it be?