The Duke of Marcus.
This is the territory of the Northern Duke, the Grand Duke Marcus.
Inside Grayfish Fort.
The gloomy atmosphere was continuously spreading like a low pressure system.
The Grand Duke Marcus, who ruled the dukedom, was gravely injured by a wild boar during a recent hunting trip and was now at death's door.
This rendered his vassals extremely anxious, with his power-hungry sons who are eligible for his title aggressively maneuvering in secret.
Despite being in the age of the Empire, advancements in various sciences, especially medicine, were far from perfect. Many doctors were merely familiar with basic herbology and relied on a few inherited recipes for treatments, leaving them helpless against many diseases. Useless physicians knowledgeable only in bloodletting were rampant.
The Duke's condition was indeed critical, teetering on the brink of death.