Kingdom of Aldrack
King Valeck had just gotten a message from the general and high general of his army who felt a pressing need to deliver the letter personally to him, a rare break from protocol that immediately told him whatever news they carried was far from ordinary.
Explaining the contents even before the king opened it to read it himself, the head general stepped forward, his boots echoing faintly against the polished stone floor. "One of our spies in the castle has confirmed the Kingdom of Mountel's intention to go to war with us," he said, his voice steady but weighted, his grim expression deepening the lines on his elderly and weathered face.
