64 SACRED TREE

"Come on man, open up! The tagmatarchis gave carte blanche to my lochios!" Kalliaris urged the officer in charge of the fort's special locker. The man with the keys was grudging, but started to open all the locks on the door.

To say it was an Armory was too much of a stretch. In fact, they were in a dark basement under the main building of the fort, away from the damp moats. The group anxiously waited to see what Marbium had in store for the time when the Aegeons could use firearms.

"Marbium was an important stronghold in the past, especially when the Steam War started." The supply officer explained. "The region's iron mines had not yet run out, and Stimhena met the needs of the Twin Fortresses, first making spearheads and other materials… and then they started making other things too. Including these weapons that we have here. But I don't know..." he opened the door and Glax stopped paying attention to what he was saying.