Inside, there were long tables on both sides, various banners covering the walls, and the middle of the Hall was left empty. The hall smelled pleasantly of pine and oak. There were less than three scores of courtiers sitting on the tables...if they could even be called such. Her stomach twisted in a painful knot. Grim looks sat upon hardened faces; the clothes were mostly made of wool or lined with furs. Cerenna even noticed three very savage-looking men that were wearing furs only. She and Lucion received looks of distrust, even outright hate, from almost all of them.