JonM

That type of accounting can help to find the lazy bribe taking people he doesn't like.

Where is the loot? I hope they didn't just leave all of it on the ground.

If these scouts were able to keep reinforcements from joining the fight, then the frontlines should have started to march forward to create new battle lines.

It's not easy to ask forgiveness if you are dead. Some people take issue with uninvited actions with violent reactions.

He is the only one to get a weapon he does know how to use.

Sounds like the church and the mercenary elites are capable, and the military is useless in command structure and ability.

Dereliction of duty in a combat zone that leads to death is prison time and sometimes field execution.

There has been a huge lack of meditation going on. Is he not trying to get himself prepared for any unforeseen opportunities that may come up.

The beasts that took the trials received no rewards?

I figured it would be better to have used as less of an instant attack and more of a constant one. It would slowly drain his stamina, but he could wave it around like a physical weapon.