Chapter 53 - Chapter XIV: The Battle of Kurlon [1]

UPON THE CRISP night in the Regalian encampment at Kurlon, the smoky aroma of burning cattle wafted aloft upon a hill, where a throng of men and women congregated along the ring of large stones encompassing a pyre, setting the beast of burden aflame to earn the blessing of a deity. Seven men-at-arms, with their weapons and armors laid beneath the ground, had accompanied Eleanor Hilith, commander of the Regalian Army's First Division, through this offering ritual directed at the Goddess of War and Victory.