The Road of Bones Recap

Silla Nordvig was on the run after the queen’s warriors killed her father while trying to capture her. Her father’s last words sent her to seek a shield-home in the city of Kopa, which required her to travel the Road of Bones. After only narrowly surviving the first leg of the journey, Silla climbed into a supply wagon, without realizing it belonged to the Bloodaxe Crew, who were on their way to complete a dangerous job in the town of Istré (just west of Kopa).

Upon discovery, Silla brokered a deal with their leader, Reynir ‘Axe Eyes’ Bjarg, to help him obtain information from the Crew’s former leader, Kraki, in exchange for a ride part way. But in the process, Silla learned that Rey had been using a false last name (Galtung) and she used this information to blackmail him into giving her a ride all the way to Kopa. Despite their antagonistic relationship, Rey revealed to Silla that the skjöld leaves she was taking for headaches were dangerous. When she decided to quit taking them, Rey supported her and kept her addiction secret.

Much to Silla’s surprise, the leaves had been causing her to hallucinate the little blonde girl who followed her around everywhere, and suppressing a big secret—she was one of the Galdra, a class of magic-wielders hunted and executed by Íseldur’s king. During a confrontation with the queen’s assassin, Skraeda, Silla also learned she was Eisa Volsik, a princess thought to have been executed seventeen years prior, and that the girl she hallucinated was her older sister, Saga.

Meanwhile, Silla had begun a secret relationship with Jonas ‘the Wolf’ Svik. When Skraeda tried to capture Silla, Jonas discovered that Silla had been hiding the truth of her past from him. He was hurt, but agreed to help her. But when the queen’s warriors again came for Silla, and Jonas’s younger brother was killed, everything changed. Jonas felt betrayed by her, and used the skjöld leaves to drug her and hand her into the Klaernar in Kopa.

When brought to Kommandor Valf of the Klaernar, Silla fought for her life, smashing his skull in with a statue and climbing out the window. She ran to the man who’d told her father of shield-homes, only to find him dead, and Skraeda waiting for her. Silla and Skraeda fought, Silla at last killing the assassin. Upon leaving the home, the Klaernar were waiting for her, and chased Silla into the forest bordering Kopa.

Meanwhile, it was revealed that Rey was the smoke-wielding Galdra who’d been killing people along the Road of Bones. Upon entering a hidden entry to Kopa to help Silla, he was forced to use his magic on a group of Klaernar. Unfortunately one escaped before he could kill them. Rey found Silla fleeing the others, and pulled her into the bushes, shielding her from discovery. 
Silla and Rey escaped Kopa together, Rey with the goal of reuniting with the Bloodaxe Crew in Istré, and Silla with a rough plan of going north to a place called Kalasgarde. At the end of The Road of Bones, Silla had not revealed her identity to Rey, much as Rey had not revealed his to Silla.

Meanwhile, in Askaborg Castle, Saga was summoned to a meeting with Queen Signe, where it was revealed Saga had spent a month without leaving her chambers. The queen informed Saga she was to rejoin them for meals and take her place at her betrothed’s side. As she returned to her chambers, Saga began to panic, and fled into a secret passage before anyone could see her. While hiding, she overheard Signe and Maester Alfson’s conversation in the room beyond, learning that her sister Eisa was alive.