(Sweet! Please put them together and the dates of publication if you get a chance. I'll build history of Xavax page starting with your reports.)
(D) She fell through the doorway back outside, crying in pain. It took a moment for her to register that the clearing outside her cottage was filled with warriors on horseback or roaming around with bared steel in one hand and torches in the other, lit even in full daylight. Her sudden appearance and cry earned her some suprised glances, but all eyes turned to the blonde woman as she strode out behind her.
One of the warriors lead a horse, a great coal charger, and offered her the reigns. "Xerarch," he said respectfully, "please don't run off like that."
What's a Xerarch?
"Oh it was no trouble, just a ghoul, and a fresh one at that. The bandits were here and gone, left the body unburied. But for the leather lungs on this one-" Xerarch inclined her head to the little girl as she swung up into the saddle, "-we might have missed it entirely, and left he seeds of a new infestation in our wake."
"Xerarch," another warrior said as she exited the cottage. "It's a real mess in there-" She caught sight of the young girl and lowered her voice somewhat. "What would you have us do?
"Burn it down. See to it that nothing rises here again. And-" Xerarch looked at the girl, "What is your name, child?"
A) Lexa, B) Ayden, C) Tyraea D) Remain silent
