Gerald kicked his opponent, completely surprising the man. As he stumbled back, he found himself on the end of Braydon’s sword. He was one of the last guards standing on the walls of the town, the rest either dead or unconscious. “No need to go taking my kills.” Gerald pouted, seeing that Braydon had finished the man off. “Don’t throw …

Since there would be no more talk, Braydon saw Baron Monrow back off from the battlements. Not a few seconds later he could hear the man shouting followed by dozens of archers appearing from the crenulations. It was obvious to both sides that if he made it onto the walls there was not much stopping his army, he had just …

Two days later and the sun was setting. Braydon 550 strong army, which was admittedly 10:1 made of mercenaries, were making their final preparations before they headed for battle. Braydon had decided it was a good idea to don more plate armour than he was used to wearing at the behest of Rhydian. This time a full suit, instead of …

“So now we have two days to prepare, do you have any more bright ideas to make it an easier job?” Braydon asked Nela on their return trip. The majority of his army in this attack would be mercenaries. Whilst they were good, Fiverian mercenaries were known to retreat if it looks like things were going poorly. And they would …

Braydon really did not want to meet Baron Abel, one meeting was more enough for him, but duty and ambition called him to do otherwise. At least this time he had Nela with him, unlike when he had gone to Wathamalin to negotiate with the carpenters’ guild on his way to Boshil. He was still sure he had been ripped …

Over the past few weeks, the housing for the migrants from the capital had been finished, a small consolation considering Braydon had to find a way to house more than the entire original population of his fief. The vagrants outnumbered his subjects, including those that came from the capital. Whilst the king was willing to bankroll the construction of the …

Braydon returned to Cliforge on the expected day, making it almost half way into November. It had been getting colder over the past week, but because Fiveria was in the south it had not been all that noticeable. This was not quite the case in the castle, however, as it was situated in a mountain pass. It was rather higher …

The King sat upon the throne, looking down the great hall, the largest still standing in all of western Ezaes. There had been a grander one in the old Ciai empire but that had been destroyed when the empire fell and the imperial capital razed. There was a guard in shining armour stood by every pillar that adorned the room, …

It appeared that they were lucky, after the first week of migration there was a temporary lull in new arrivals. Braydon did not know if that was because the fighting had moved further from the border or those close to the border that could come already had. In a sense he was lucky that Western Shuluk was about as populated …

It started out as a race to take control of the capital. For reasons unknown, it became a war of every man for himself. For the nobles at least. The peasantry was left to suffer increasingly harsh lives as they were taxed into oblivion as the lords’ armies tried to gain more supplies to outlast their opponents. Some said it …