[No one has ever asked her to explain that before, and she takes a long moment, thinking over how to tell years of history. What to tell, what should perhaps be left out.]

Between witches and those that would see all witches dead. The witches and their supporters, they drove the Hunters back, but there was a battle that tore a rift in the world. The Hunters found a stronghold in the South, while the North remains free. The rift is difficult and dangerous to cross, so the true war has slowed.

I was part of a resistance organisation, in the South, but I travelled to the North, some years ago.