Sir Caenarfon Corwen and Dame Paynifier Ahalin strode through the stinking mud of the war camp. Settled into the hillside, the banners of several houses and the Silver Hand seem to cling together in a desperate and defiant hodge podge of lively color. In the rising ground to the southeast was Tyr’s Hand, and to the north in all directions an impossible enemy, death itself, a plague creeping ever closer. The tall, black knights marched surely towards the section of the camp hung with the matching black and orange banners of the household they represented. Their tabards and armors wore the dull grime and dirt of a patrol done.
As the dark pair made their way to the checkpoint at the perimeter of their section of the camp it...