The Meeting with the Teacher
They reconvene, a little while later, at House Palantus.
The "teacher" recognizes House Palantus and assumes this is really a quiet way of House Palantus securing some instruction for its people. She introduces herself: Diantha. (For what it's worth, any characters who can speak Greek might recognize the origin of the name as "Divine Flower" but most names are just names, of course!) She evades giving out anything further, family or friends or other connections, except for the link to the Temple of Minerva.
About that, she is quite proud, though it is a pride tinged with sadness, as the Visigoth overlord's hostility towards the temple has meant she could never even see more than a small piece of it.
"I've been in the chapel," she says. "It's all that is left for us. But... they say the temple... they say Minerva herself protected it, and that's why the Visigoths could neither conquer nor destroy it. So they sealed it up, and left it with guards and wards. They say the Visigoths have lost a shaman or two who ventured within, trying to plunder Minerva's treasures, I would bet. So it's good to know that in whatever way she can, Minerva still watches and protects. At least, that must be the only reason I am still here."
"Now, I must say, I am used to children. Adults usually do not have the time for classes. I can teach Reading and Writing, and Numbers, and History of both the broader and local worlds, and the science of plants and animals. Is there some specific interest of House Palantus?"