[One word for you: Ferndale.

Also, he's from Ishgard. He's seen a lot of dying in fire in general.

(Something he knows that you don't? Shocking.)]

Mm. That isn't particularly surprising.

[He prefers it that way, people not knowing his history. It's not important for other people to know.]

Cold, snow-covered, and filled with nigh-religious zeal for a figurehead that bare anyone saw. It felt rather like home.

[Not the good parts of it either.]

And wonder you shall.