We were again upon the road back north, home before us and the fifty thousand strong men of the nineth army at our backs, half escorting us half repositioning themselves from the front lines to take up the responsibility of cleaning the remnants of the traitor patriarchs of the northern territories, while Hamilcar and Tessiphina dealt with the newly added provinces of the Middle lands.
And though I would have greatly preferred to simply continue back home after so long and leave the mess for Barrafin to handle, I did not fully trust the abilities of the young commander in perfectly ridding my lands from the infectious breed of vermin still scurrying in it's shadows.
