Setting out to War - Part 2

"No," Oliver replied. "A hundred of the veteran men will be staying to train the new infantry, and I'll keep a few Sergeants with them. The rest of you, however, will be coming – along with that new Serving Class cavalry."

Jorah smiled. "Then I am doubly content, my Lord."

With Jorah reassuring Oliver that all was going as planned, Oliver went into the village, with the light of the sun still out.

The guardsmen saluted him at the gate, crisp and attentive in their duties. Oliver was pleased to see that there was a good amount of traffic coming in and out of the walls. That traffic was the very lifeblood of what made Solgrim function – and it was also the lifeblood that kept Oliver and his armies fed.