Winterchildren remained for a day in the field, retrieving all the horses, taking care of any deserters and such.
Dan led a hundred man team using roughly built ropeways to cross into Strongfort, to the castle's surrender.
After some thought, Sasha joined Dan inside the castle.
The staff they were used to were mostly dead, or were in such bad shape, Sasha couldn't help but shed tears.
The cook Mary, who made the best meat pies, had her thumb cut off because Lord Flayer did not like her meat pie.
The stable groom Harken was flagged till the flesh on his back in shreds because Rogue's horse liked the touch of the Harken more than his own.
Each and every person in the castle had a story.
Sasha assembled all the staff in front of them.