Haguk reached Trentmere in forty-one hours, which was seven hours faster than the planning estimate and a reflection of the Warg Cavalry's capacity to sustain movement rates that the planning process, still calibrated to the previous campaign's operational pace, had not fully accounted for.
The riders moved in the continuous relay pattern that the Warghen used for long-distance urgent movement, two thirds of the force rotating at the extended pace that covered ground steadily while one third used the burst pace that wargs could sustain for short intervals before returning to the rotation.
The technique had been developed over generations of long-distance movement across the plains south of Yohan, where the ability to cover ground quickly while preserving the animals' long-term capability was the difference between a clan that could respond to crises across its territory and one that arrived exhausted at the moment it needed to function.
