No worries, you can find your answer around chapter 18 when everything collides one another. I do believe the choices in hinterlands have changes just with little things with the dialog and relationship. Putting the 12 to rest, retreating the skin, and just give storm a nice time is really my thoughts the best one can do.
edit. But to put it simply, yeah the reach it lol. I felt like i was dancing around your question and that wasn't fair of me