Likely you are not dead. That coward dragged you here without a fight, like he did many of us, likely because he knew he couldn't take you in a fight, and you'd get away without chance of 'repenting' for some christian sins.
Sorry, still a sore subject. Hello, I'm Brynhild Ingouf, or Bryn if you're friendly. I can't offer you any work, sadly. I'm employed, myself.