User blog comment:JeielYozama/Tale Of The Mark Maker - Silah/@comment-26517142-20160626150758

Connections - to give ya a heads up

Ryla is daughter to Struthenrich Van Winkelried, the Dracon Slayer whom Marden idolizes.

Her sister is Chyrene, an Echidna who for a period of time, mentored Marden and Silah (ta-da).

After months of training, Marden ends up as a pupil of Caballan Canaveral, who as luck would have it, was Ada's dearest father (connected to the House of Gaunts)..

(Spoiling too much... Damn my big mouth).