It was late February, and by all rights, there should have been signs of spring.
But the cold wind still blew, and with no clear victor between the Empire and Valois, the National Salvation Alliance continued its slow expansion.
With Pomerania's command center still incomplete, the new Bayern corps operated cautiously within its own borders, repelling several probing attacks by the Empire Army.
Elsewhere, factions supporting the Empire, the Alliance, the war, and the anti-war movement were a chaotic mess. An east-west divide had appeared across the vast territories of the former Empire, and the Boundary Lands became like a festering sore, plagued by intermittent turmoil.
Since January, news from the Imperial Palace had grown scarce. William II had become reclusive, exercising extreme caution even when summoning his ministers.
