Ah, one thing, Carrot. I know what you were going for, but if Skywhistle was traveling through Stormwing territory in full battledress, and people [i]knew[/i] she was a deserter, she would have been captured by the MPs very quickly, and executed. It's a cultural thing, you know? Desertion is the absolute [i]worst[/i] crime a Stormwing can commit.

If she actually slept at an inn, or someplace like that, the proprietors would have locked the door and called for the local guards to take her away... Either no one knew she [i]was[/i] a deserter, or she managed to live off the land and stay hidden until she got to somewhere like Woodswatch.

EDIT: There are other options as well, obviously; all I'm saying is that she wouldn't be able to freely travel in full armor without someone noticing. And someone noticing=execution.