He is also the journalist and narrator of all chapters he appears in during the first game, as well as the second games opening cutscene. With the extra food eaten by the clan and one less fight later in the game I'd guess this ends up being the slightly less optimal route for renown despite its initial advantage, but better for caravan size. Promoted to Playable: Thanks to a stretch goal for the third games Kickstarter, Ubin becomes a playable character in The Banner Saga 3. The problem with staying outside is you'll starve on the way to Wyrmtoe if you don't get very fortunate/save scum the random events for supplies, or buy about 5 days worth at the 1:1 trading price in Frostvellr before you leave, since supplies don't carry over between chapter 2 & chapter 4. Both items are pretty great, although Calabilla is a bit more unique, so I think it edges out Shepersky stone (which Namejs's ring can replace if you get reasonable fortune in marketplaces). You get more renown and clansmen going outside. So you get more supplies going inside, but only if you give up on Gil. Staying outside allows you to go with 2 fights on the way in (I think you have to rest and tend the wounded to get the info about the cart and then confront it rather than ambushing it) in chapter 2, then gives you 3 fights at the start of chapter 4, which give you 96 clansmen and calabilla. You'll also get a fight much later in the game. IIRC you get 1 fight to get into the city and 2 fights at the start of chapter 4 on that route. If you don't go that way then you miss out on all the good stuff from that route - Shepersky stone, the 140 supplies and the 35 fighters.

Staying inside is only worth it if you want to go with Ekkil which means Gil dies and Alette kills a human.

The banner saga chapters