Sionell was a great asset during the war. She helped plan against further attacks, and took part in Sioned's scheme to drug the "Vellanti" soldiers - she did not know the drug was actually poison; however, and wasn't terribly pleased when she discovered it. Many times during the war she would speak to Pol, trying to keep him focused and on track. He needed her to yell him into actions on a few occasions. In the end, Pol and his forces won the war and drove the "Vellant'im" from the Continent. Pol also finally saw Sionell as a strong woman and not the little girl who had followed him around, pestering him. She and Pol had a romantic encounter during the Vellanti war. Following Pol's wife's, Meiglan's, death at the hands of the Vellanti High Warlord, Sionell, while she still cared deeply for Pol and perhaps even loved him, needed time to reconcile this with her love for Tallain and her commitment to her family. Instead of staying with Pol, Sionell accepted the Regency of Cunaxa but the possibility of a future with Pol is still there.