Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 131 Choke managed a good three hours of fitful sleep; just enough to have a fine nightmare of being ambushed by a swarm of goblin infants while taking a shit in a filthy latrine. The dream awoke him just a few minutes before the bugle’s call to morning … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 132
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The Children of Stron – part 131
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 130 Lieutenant Cooper and Choke left the infirmary with Pinch and Knuckle following them, heading for the dungeon under the fort. At the main entrance into the keep’s chapel next to the infirmary, Lieutenant Cooper’s man, Sergeant Neil was waiting for him. “Sir,” Sergeant Neil addressed Cooper, “we … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 131
The Children of Stron – part 130
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 129 Choke and Pinch quickly worked out their plan to deal with the potential ambush they were facing at their night watch on the fort’s wall. It was a simple plan, so this only took only a few seconds. With his bow in his right hand and the … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 130
The Children of Stron – part 129
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 128 In Spitzer Fort’s third barracks, Lieutenant Hamon’s platoon had finished up their dinner and were lounging around before turning in. When Choke entered the chamber, Sergeant Euan leapt to his feet and shouted: “Officer in quarters! Attention!” The men responded with decent alacrity. Sergeant Euan stomped up … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 129
The Children of Stron – part 128
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 127 Peep was able to scout the ridge and hill in time to spend a full hour skulking around in the bushes menacing the men before the fort bugler called lunchtime. There had been no incidents that morning, and the men had put in an acceptable, if not … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 128
The Children of Stron – part 127
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 126 With the men settled in the barracks for the night with a proper meal, Choke gave Knuckle and Pinch a few simple standing orders and went downstairs for his dinner in the keep’s main hall. It turned out to be just him there. The fort’s cook, Corporal … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 127
The Children of Stron – part 126
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 125 Lieutenant Bartholomew Pekot marched his men into the Spitzer fort and ordered them to put the digging tools away in the large shed next to the stables. Once this was done, the men stood around in the fort’s courtyard like a herd of goats. Choke turned Knuckle: … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 126
The Children of Stron – part 125
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 124 Outside the fort’s wall on the east slope, Choke’s thirty men were busy digging defensive ditches under the supervision of Sergeant Euan and four footsoldiers. Sergeant Euan was Lieutenant Hamon’s man, who had both previously been charged with policing Spitzer under Sheriff Waters. Indeed, it had been … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 125
The Children of Stron – part 124
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 123 Back at the stables, Choke took Peep, Pinch, and Knuckle out into the courtyard away from their men, Dom and Lenny, who were sitting on a bench at the side of the stables. There, he explained their assignment. “Seriously?” Pinch griped. “Hamon and Cooper’s recruits are out … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 124
The Children of Stron – part 123
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 122 Captain Edison led Father Morrenthall, his sergeant, Peep, and Choke down to the fort’s courtyard. From there, they went around to the loading bays of the fort’s storerooms and granaries. Sergeant-Major Orel was making a good show of being busy with his ledgers in his office nook … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 123
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