Talk:Coils of Light/@comment-27437141-20151220212416

Spoilers ahoy!

To add to the translation effort, a brand is also an old term for a sword, so with what Nirex says below about possible translations of  "bearded," "Did you see him bearded with brand" could refer to Ashe going to confront the dragon, sword in hand, only to learn that the beast was his old mistress Grette transformed. He could not bring himself to fight Grette, nor to sacrifice Olra, so his wish was given as a curse to the world, seeing him transformed into Daimon. Thus, he says, in effect, likely to Grette, despite the fact she cannot hear him, "Did you know what would happen when you chose me as Arisen?"

That's my best interpretation anyway.