In a march across barren countryside, the lead actor appears with and without sword, leather tunic and saddle bag so often it develops into a minor subplot. At one point he lays his sword down at the top of a huge cliff and jumps into the sea below.Upon resuming the quest the next day, the sword is safely by his side once more.
Aedin dropped Ellen in the mud, but in the next scene as they walked along the sea she was completely clean.