Thæon is not what Anther expected of an outlander from Medellin, beyond the northern border.
He is surprised by what little he has seen already; having heard tales of outlanders to be barbaric and violent; that they steal children that venture too near to their wild forests; that they are untamed and wild; that they mutilate their skin with ink and blades; that they live alongside wolves and horned beasts and eat raw meat alongside them as if they were beasts themselves.