"Justice! Vengeance! Death to all enemies!"
While the people chanted these slogans, Lord Wilfried's advisors and all high-ranking generals and officials had gathered at his mansion.
Among those present were the Archbishop of the local Church of Light and the High Priest Urien of the Church of Creation.
The knights standing rigidly around the long table underscored the gravity of the situation because, truly, things were dire.
After a week of struggle, both sides were grappling with what had come to be known as the grain crisis. While Lord Holger claimed he was planning no malicious action, Lord Wilfried had massed his army on the Erntestadt border in open threat.
Even though the Lord of Franburg had proposed a diplomatic solution, he, too, was swiftly gathering his forces in preparation for military action against enemy lands.
