“Seems like he knew we were coming.” Braydon noted to himself as he looked at the army that had already assembled by the time his had arrived. It would not really have been a fair fight had it been otherwise since the army camp that his scouts had reported was meant to be hidden, not defended. It was nestled in …

“Glad that the Marquess is punctual.” Braydon commented as he looked at the 500 men that had been sent south by the money grubber. They had agreed on the next two after they met days and two days later it was. The Marquess’s men had already come to meet him at Damaz, and given that it was just after noon, …

“Your Highness, we should soon be able to ensnare the rebels that stayed behind. If we were to go for a head to head battle, it is still likely that we would win given the numbers that have decided to return to deal with Earl Fiton.” One of her advisors gave his report on the state of the civil war. …

“Lord Ganz has reached the walls of his castle, Milord.” One of Lord Shara’s men informed him. He had actually been the first to return to the west to take back his lands but had long since realised that he would not be able to take anything on his own. His lands consisted of a single well placed castle. As …

“You have returned quickly.” The mercenary captain met Braydon at the gates of Damaz. It had not even been two days since he had gone to Serchi to try and get the Marquess’s assistance and he had already made it back. “His devotion to denars is as true as the rumours is all I can say. Even after negotiating him …

“So the man invading my country has come to my home asking me to help him in doing so?” Marquess Serchi said as he and Braydon sat across from each other in the great hall of his city. Braydon had left for Serchi with a small entourage of his men as soon as possible In spite of all of this, …

“Sire, it seems that we have news from Narabun.” Roan entered the hall of the most recent castle they had taken along with a messenger. The messenger himself was one of Braydon’s own, having come from Cliforge where a pigeon had likely been sent. “How long ago did the message arrive?” Braydon asked. If there was news out of Narabun …

“Your Highness, big news from Shuluk.” Was not the sentence Aled expected to hear from his attendant. The civil war there had basically been in a year long stalemate and did not look to be changing any time soon.  “Did one of them finally get bored?” Aled asked, not too interested in who ended up winning the conflict. He would …

“So where are we striking next, Sire?” Roan asked. They had effectively secured both of the neighbouring Shuluk fiefs with the first two castles they took. Now that they had the only town that Braydon wanted to conquer it was only a few more castles before they started going to each of the villages and mines in the lands he …

“Do you think they will try to call our bluff?” Roan asked the mercenary captain as Braydon was still having his pissing contest with the guard captain of Damaz. “That would require a bluff to call.” The mercenary shot back. It was clear that he did not believe that Braydon would stand the presence of that child more than a …