“Do you know if your father has already arrived?” Braydon looked to Nela. If he wanted to be in Boshil in time for the wedding then Cinar would have already arrived or would be very soon. “I believe he should be here by this evening if there is nothing to hold him up.” Nela was not concerned, her father had …

“So, have you thought up a decent excuse for His Majesty?” Nela inquired. They had arrived at the capital the day before, it would not be two days until the start of the wedding proceedings. And the main public areas were already fully decorated for the occasion, it was obvious that this celebration was being used to wipe away any …

“Well I did not expect myself to be back here so soon.” Braydon said to Steven who had come to receive him. “I am not sure anybody but His Majesty did, My Lord.” Steven replied.  “Has anything of note happened whilst I was in Shuluk? Other than the King’s wedding announcement.” A consequence of Braydon not being in Cliforge to …

“I find that I prefer to be on the other side of a siege.” Braydon was once again looking over the walls at the rebel lords who had made camp just outside of the range of his archers. The warning shots in the first few days had made sure that they did not try to settle their army too close. …

“I have received the Duchess Regent’s orders, we will bring victory.” A lord nodded as he read the writ that the messenger had brought. This part was more a formality as the real groundwork to get things moving had been done over the past two weeks. “Her highness has no doubts about that.” The messenger nodded before leaving, he had …

“Our skirmishes have been relatively successful, Your Grace.” A messenger from another lord wanting plaudits for doing barely more than what was expected of him, Alima had seen these kinds of messengers quite frequently. Rarely had their lord ever actually done something worth writing home about.. “Oh, you mean that he did not lose more men than the rebels in …

“Milord, there is a large army marching our way.” One of the lookouts entered the hall to report to Braydon. It had been two days since they had cleaned up the army of Lord Ganz and Braydon had made sure that nobody in the garrison was slacking off during that time. Whilst he was banking on the presence of Serchi’s …

“It seems like that was the last battle before they send some serious numbers at us.” Braydon mused, watching his men clean up the battlefield in the distance from atop the castle walls. “I doubt that they will underestimate us anymore either.” Roan added, standing next to him. “They have no choice at this point. That Lord Ganz managed to …

“Shara, you look like you have seen better days.” Lord Haliz said as he welcomed a more than worse for wear Lord Shara into his tent. It was clear to him that Shara’s attempt to take back his castle without help did not go as well as he had wanted. “That is not the half of it. I never even …

“Now that we have played hide and seek, shall we go and win a staring contest?” Braydon said to himself as he watched his men get back in order after disarming the captured enemies. He did not really have a great idea for dealing with nearly 200 captives and was trying to leave thinking about the problem until he could …