The Bishop's Plan(1)
An hour before the confrontation, in the Mainland.
Jonah had been busy carrying reports and updates to the various commanders of the Army gathered to raid Angaria. On the way, he often found himself fondly thinking of all the threats leveled at him by the eunuch in the infirmary who was doing everything he could to rid himself of that status.
The best healers available were tending to him, but the damage was extensive. Everyone had asked how he had allowed Jonah to get inside his defenses, and the answer had been met by much ridicule. Most agreed that only he, himself was to blame if he had been going about doing such shameful things. After all, the Church did have a considerable number of proud and powerful people who looked down on such acts, for the most part.