Making Use of Time

The Northern Glaciers, Hvítreiðr.

It had been several months since the devastating black knight attack on the city. The city's restoration was already complete. The soldiers had begun more rigorous training, and the populace had become more hostile towards outsiders than usual.

From the beginning, the northerners had never liked the people of the central continent, whom they called southerners. Even traders from Vinumregnum struggled to market their products to the populace outside of deals made with the city administration. However, the city folk didn't have many opportunities to openly display their disdain. For a month now, no traders had come from Vinumregnum, and there had been no word from the northern trading caravans that had ventured to Vinumregnum.