Tomorrow you will bring the battle to the foe. Tonight you walk among the troops you’ll lead. The mercenaries are veterans and sleep while they can, but the peasants levied from your lands seek courage in tales of your previous victories. In the cover of darkness, you can listen rather than lead. Remember when you were like them? Back when you first entered the dungeon, you wielded a sword to... [click here for more]
Full now—yea, more than full—behold our devastation:The frantic drum beat, and the brazen horde,The thundering siege gun, and the blood-slick swordDevour all diligence, and sweat, and careful preparation.Down walls and through the town runs always fresh-spilled bloodFor eighteen summers... [click here for more]