"The Lords, I imagine," Justus said. "That would be our only option if we wished to raise more."
"The Lords will revolt if we push them further! Would you have me face a revolt, Lord Blackwell?" The High King said hotly. "The people are not in the best circumstances. To raise so many men… It can't be done. Not without… Not without doing what ought not to be done."
General Blackwell stayed kneeling. He knew, just as well as Oliver did, that the High King's exasperation was a mere act. The Stormfront's issue was not a lack of soldiers. It never had been. It was a lack of unification and a lack of willingness. If one looked in the Capital itself, they'd see plentiful soldiers, currently not serving a true purpose.
