 Why was Altha away from the other Hairy People of her kind?
Toward this barrier the spinner bore him, and Rolf was content to let it move in that direction—from the heights of the wall he could scout out the country beyond. "Down, Altha," a deeper voice rumbled from above, "it's one of the Enemy." "They cross the Barrier from the fertile plains of Nyd to raid the Hairy People. Altha's lips thinned and her brown-flecked eyes flamed. Altha was on her feet, her body crouched over to take advantage of the sheltering shrubs. She threaded her way swiftly back along a rocky corridor in the face of the Barrier toward the ruins of ancient Aryk. Altha has the blood of the Hairy People in her veins.
 The outlaws had turned the others against her.
 The outlaws had turned the others against her.  She had left their group in fear of attacks.  The outlaws had stolen her.  She had been lost from their group and never reconnected.