Chali's clan came to the town in peace, to trade. Clan Skaht of the Horseclans came to raid, but was deterred by the peace-banners. Then the son of the local king decided to promote himself, by patricide and regicide, and everything changed. Originally appeared in the anthology Friends of the Horseclans II, was collected in Fiddler Fair, which was omnibused as Dragon's Teeth.