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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3787384" data-attributes="member: 3448">The Baroness waited for more questions and then continued with the miscellaneous reports.  “The crops are doing well, and there is no drought.  Tensions are easing with Augurt, but you should know Augurt is bristling in every direction and fortifying.  We are not particularly concerned, because the fortification is with troops that are not capable of rapid movement.”“Sounds like Augurt suspects something.”“I agree.  Augurt’s current ruler is not courageous, but it is also notable that he is sending more defensive troops south than north.”“Huh.  Do you know anything about what the missing chivalry hope to do?”“I don’t know what they’re planning.  They’re chivalry, but in their direct path there is only jungle, and to some extent desert.  Horses don’t do well in either.  They are heading south by the fastest route possible, while avoiding major population centers.  They should pass to the west of Canberry, but they are still to your north at this point.  Oh, and they are vigilant-- they put up a ward yesterday against my scrying.”“Are the regular members of the army loyal to their leaders?”“Most of the chivalry would only be younger sons of nobles.  The top sixty or eighty would be very loyal to the commanders, the rest would be more loyal to the Kingdom.  That said, there would be a fair amount of discontent with the ruling house, because of the failure to vigorously prosecute a war of expansion.”“They want land and glory.”“Exactly, m’lady, but mostly land.”“Very well.  Thank you for your information.  I want to find out more about who’s leading them;  the Order of the Ram and this archmage.  Check out the Duke’s ancestry as well.”“I will have a report for you soon.”Kit closed the fan and suddenly noticed how drained she felt.  She slumped onto one of the couches in the Council chamber, and Alistair rubbed her shoulders as she passed on Lady Breena’s report.</blockquote>

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