The high king then gestures towards the door on his left four men come running in setting up a rge poster stand that dispys the battlefront. He looks toward the front row which consists of the most experienced of nobles and generals”now we must pn for where to send our reinforcements. They seem to be taking the loot they gather back to somewhere. We believe they may be flying back to their mountains but we are not sure. We just know they will raid a vilge then fly north to drop the loot off somewhere were not sure how far their beast can travel in a day but after a raiding a vilge they usually take around a week before coming back its been a week since the st raid so by now they’re most likely raiding one of our vilges as we speak. They’ve been staying along the higher points of the potami river where our nds meet the sokarans so i believe we should reinforce the potami river moving upwards”
The crowd starts talking among themselves discussing what they should do. Cofus would lean over to rex.” hey rex where do you think we should be sent?”
Rex looks at his younger companion and sighs”i believe towards the higher ends of the river would be best for us since it would put us closer to the combat and I’ve been itching for a good fight””
Cofus nods in agreement with his superior as gora just keeps looking at the war map with discontent before standing up”but what about reinforcements from the enemy your highness? We cant simply leave the lower end of the potami river open for attack”
The whole room looks at her, the king looks at the map thinking to himself before saying anything. Though one of the more high ranking generals stands up. A tall old man with a few fine lines of red hair between his grays.he looks down at gora with much disdain.
his clothes were of fine scales with a luxurious red silk cape. His stature was not just noble but dreadful many onlookers look away as the mans face looks toward gora so unfavorably”who are you to come in here and tell us how to pn our war little dy?”
His voice has much vile to it as he speaks. Though as others are fearful upon hearing his voice Gora’s face shows nothing but rage as she looks towards the elderly man. A few of her hairs even shoot up.”what did you just say to me?”
She makes her way out of the stands and makes her way to the front row where this old man is standing”look here you geezer i do not care what rank you are in line for the high throne do you hear me?”
she pokes his chest with abit of force behind it causing the older man to feel abit uneasy as she keeps the finger there”i am first in line to the grand nds of Sokara and i have had enough of you cocky astrans think you’re so mighty because your nds are simply more fertile than ours. I have traveled far from my homends not to help you astra but to redeem my family’s honor and i am tired of you astrou acting like im simply another one of your foreign servants that you can push around!”
Her finger still rests heavily on the mans chest her hair all stands up straight as her face creates produce a look more vile than the old man ever could. The old man looked fearful for his own life as the king finally looks back from the map.”no she is quite right sir Fensorera can someone send for me a map that includes the luutons mountain homes please?”
One of his servants nods and quickly goes to retrieve said map. He comes back within the minute and puts the map on dispy. Gora scoffs a little at seeing it. The nds of astra where perfectly captured their borders were powerfully projected on the map as their neighbors were simply names roughly in the regions they occupied. Regardless though she looked at the king waiting for what he had to say.
“Look towards the mountains sir Fensorera. That is the basis of your point isn’t it dy Grigora?”his voice shows no malice nor any hint at threat gora smiles and nods getting up to the map and points to the lowest most far eastern side of the mountain range that finds itself closer to the river than anywhere further up the potami.something that was not on the previous map.”the luutons beast thrive in these mountains the entire mountain range is their true domain if we push up the potami river we leave ourselves open from the east”
Gora says with much confidence to the room of nobles, knights, generals ,and high born. The room falls silent for a moment as they all look towards gora and the high king. Finally the high king speaks. But before he does he nods his head toward gora”i see so in that case i agree we should definitely send troops down further on the potami river .”he looks toward sir Fensorera with abit of disdain”sir Fensorera while i value you as a trusted vassal and advisor i think its best you learn to let the younger generations speak from time to time. One never knows the value they might have to offer”
The room falls silent once again the high kings words fall heavy onto the elderly lord. He promptly sits down his head hanging low as he refuses to defend himself in front of his lord. Gora smiles and looks towards the high king”thank you your majesty if i can request id like to be sent along the northern split of the potami river were the end of mountain range is closest to the river.”
The high king obverses the map for a second then points to the area she was talking about.”right around here then miss gora then?”she nods her head”then from here on out i bestow upon you the military rank of junior commander of commander Rexan’s party.”
Two servants come over giver her a little metal clip that had two scale imprints on it. She looks at it curiously before picking it up and putting it right below where her colr bone would be.”thank you your majesty i look forward to helping you in this upcoming war”she bows her head and goes back to rex and cofus.
While everyone else resumes their pnning rex and cofus look at gora with much shock.”gora do you have any idea who that old man is?”rex says grabbing Gora’s colr
“Hey you cant just grab me like that! Im-”
“Nuh uh Missy you heard the king your now under my command and as your commander i have to inform you of the massive issue you just caused”
rex voices hold much authority to it. Though hes not being loud there is no mishearing him. He speaks firmly and fwlessly, Gora’s left a little shaken and look off to the side” huh issue? What are you talking about sir rexan?”
still not looking him in the eyes as he holds her colr. Rex’s face was still filled with much rage”that elderly lord you id your hands on dy grigora was my father! Sir Fensorera cerana astra head of the cerana cn and high commander of the western forces aka your now high commander!”
Gora’s is shocked, her jaw falls as far as it can go as she looks towards rex”wait what!”
Rex lets her go and sighs”lets just hope we wont have to face his wrath directly my father is not a soft man by any means” gora frowns and just sits down she has what she want there’s no need to make any more of a fuss.
Cofus would be on her right hed still be standing still trying to process all that’s just happened. He quickly snaps out of it though and sits down next to gora and leans over to her”gora me and you are the same rank now.”
She rolls his her eyes at him”what do you want? A cookie?”
Neither of them say anything after that for a bit. Eventually the terms are settled. Rex and his squad will be deployed to the higher regions of the northern potami river.a point gora believes is highly likely to be attacked.
