Stories in the series "Conflict of Interest"
# 1: Conflict of Interest Part 1
Magnus, Royal Duchy, Baranur 30 Ober, 1013 B.Y. The column of horsemen rode south towards the city, having crossed the river the previous day. The soldiers' spirits had risen upon leaving behind the seemingly endless mountains for the forest and grasslands that were so much like western Galicia. Then they remembered that for all that it looked like Galicia, this was a foreign country and they would answer with their lives if anything happened to the ambassador or his party. Their smiles ... [ Read More ]
# 2: Conflict of Interest Part 2
Crown Castle, Magnus, Royal Duchy, Baranur 2 Nober, 1013 B.Y. Sir Edward Sothos, Knight Commander of the Royal Armies, stood in front of the mirror in his quarters and adjusted his badge-of-office for the tenth time in as many minutes. The silver Maltese cross set with a ruby in its centre rested lightly on Edward's chest slightly above his family's coat-of-arms; an eagle grasping a lance in each claw, and below the eagle a great sword facing right, a flail facing left. ... [ Read More ]