A Proper Army
Usually, the soldiers of the first brigade would remain steady and unwavering, their courage never shaking till the end of the battle, but then in the end even these battle-hardened warriors were but mortal beings with emotions and intelligence.
When they had been filled with dissatisfaction at how suddenly they had been deployed, their frustration had been placated with words of how all they were going to face was a scouting army and when they saw themselves triumphing over stupid unthinking creatures, thoughts of a not too difficult victory could not help but already settle in their minds but now, when every soldier felt the aura coming out of the rift, they knew the battle was far from over and victory out of their grasp.