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[Day 51: Nightfall]They have made excellent time ( Read more... ) -
Winning the war
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Warpost: An Ending
[Day 19, 03:00]
The last of the paperwork is done and the soldiers are sleeping off the copious gifts of alcohol from the grateful people of Khrennikov. We leave tom- no, today but hangovers will likely be the most serious of our worries. The two bickering nobles have been in their tent for the whole night and I can only hope that they will have ( Read more... ) -
Potholes in the road to Progress
[Day 16, 13:00]The sun shows its face again as the men finish yet another trench and the sudden light is dazzling. I shield my eyes as the rest of burial party starts to carry the shrouded shapes of the dead to their final resting place. I keep a mental tally of the names, ready for the inevitable memorial ( Read more... ) -
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[Day 16, 11:00]The caravan is finally ready to leave. Every soldier not essential to the task of defending and rebuilding Khrennikov has been assembled to guard the prisoners and the wounded. I have reports, the lists of the fallen and their personal belongings which will be handed over to Alarik or his heir. Even with von-Khrennikov-san's ( Read more... ) -
Warpost - Aftermath.
[Day 15, 11:00]
The blood on my hands is mostly dry, the last of it coagulating as I step back from the last of the paitents. All around, the healers are leaning against each other, gaunt and hollow-eyed from the hellish few hours.
::Enough. Those we have not healed are beyound mortal help.:: I withdraw the power reservoir that all with any ( Read more... ) -
War Post #5 - Beginning of the end
[Day 14, 10 amBlood reeks as it coagulates and dries out. I scrub my hands in the bucket of cold water, too eager to get out of the tent to waste even a second warming the water. The healers are all either gone or sleeping on the now-empty cots, hair matted with sweat and hands still rusty with dried blood. We have saved many lives but many are too ( Read more... )