As I see it, there are three issues to puzzle out for us.
The first is the motivation and goals of Sir Houla. Why is he trying to gain information on Sir Ewen? He does not seem that adept with the ham handed approach of the inn keeper. Do we think there is something nefarious behind the actions? They are both in a rarified club, being only one tournament winner per year the overall number should be rather small and Sir Houla seems to have gathered one other (that we know about). I wonder if there are others or members of the final 16.
The second is the party of the woman dressed in green. Is she an opponent or just a harmless traveller set there to ratchet our paranoia level to the sky? They have mentioned Gardiren, which makes us really nervous but other than this, there has been no overt move against us and we have not been able to detect any covert one's. We really cannot go about (at least in Kaldor) killing any potential problems. What is the concensus about what we should do?
The final question is that of Aethel Atan. What is he? What is his objective (it must have some connection to us otherwise I don't believe he would have interacted with Sir Baris). What is the significance of the round table with eight chairs (unless King Arthur were to show up)? What is on the top level of his house? I don't believe Sir Ewen has gone up to the top since he bought his place and he has a staircase. Aethel's bulk seems to indicate a whim to go up. If he is, as we suspect, some kind of Shek-Pvar he would have a "work room" of some type. If he were not of earth or water, the basement would be a bad place. Being we have a taller house across the street, we should check out the configuration of his third floor (windows, balcony, atrium etc). He is he uncle of Lady C which means that his goals may be great or small but are known fully only to himself. (ps to Sir Ewen, we decided he probably was not Deryni, you probably would have been able to tell (I am sure your lady would have had no problem and she was at the party also) while no the roof in our after session).
Any other topics to talk about? Any thoughts on these?