Her rivals within the house whisper that she’s mad, but most of the house’s viceroys believe that Chervina d’Ghallanda, a powerful wizard, has a mystical connection to the Draconic Prophecy. Chervina has convinced Yoren (and, by extension, House Ghallanda) that there is a prophetic imperative for the house to build enclaves and offer hospitality in specific places—even if those places are almost deserted at present. So far, Chervina has overseen construction of new Ghallanda enclaves on the southeast border of the Demon Wastes, the shore of Lake Dark in Karrnath, the middle of the Desert of Blades, and even on the Xen’drik coast.