Dorin had never imagined that the person she had attacked was none other than the sole heir to the Winter Duchy... the legendary Annan Winter!
When she realized that "Giralda" was indeed Annan Winter, Dorin was so frightened that she forgot how to breathe. It's almost two days now, and her head still felt dizzy.
Attacking the Winter family—a heinous crime without doubt, even if one wasn't a werewolf.
Although Dorin was a werewolf, she was of Winter origin.
She knew well that Frost Beasts must be bound by the Winter family.
She learnt from her teacher... although she didn't become a Transcendent, she was aware that the Tower of the Storm needed a sacrifice from the Winter family every few decades.
One could say that the Winter family served as the Guardians of the Winter Duchy. Anyone bearing the surname "Winter" was respected by all.
The needs of the nobles and commoners of the Winter Duchy were completely disparate.