Conqueror
“Castle, garrison, village, homestead; everything was decimated.
King Stephen fought on, along with his combative, petulant son, Prince Eustace. Some said the king was goaded by those who feared Henri fitzEmpress’s wrath, or perhaps the obligation to tread, weary now, a path long chosen. The prince had more at stake: a kingdom.
But for most, the truth was plain to see. The civil wars would end as soon as Henri fitzEmpress was crowned king.
Still, a few loyal outposts held their castl...es, kept their garrisons manned. Kept their faith. They would die, of course. By sword or starvation, they would die or be subsumed.
The fitzEmpress captains went out before the main army like locusts upon a field. They ate their way through the countryside, and everything fell before them. The good and the bad, the chaff and the wheat, and no one kept count anymore.MoreLess
King Stephen fought on, along with his combative, petulant son, Prince Eustace. Some said the king was goaded by those who feared Henri fitzEmpress’s wrath, or perhaps the obligation to tread, weary now, a path long chosen. The prince had more at stake: a kingdom.
But for most, the truth was plain to see. The civil wars would end as soon as Henri fitzEmpress was crowned king.
Still, a few loyal outposts held their castl...es, kept their garrisons manned. Kept their faith. They would die, of course. By sword or starvation, they would die or be subsumed.
The fitzEmpress captains went out before the main army like locusts upon a field. They ate their way through the countryside, and everything fell before them. The good and the bad, the chaff and the wheat, and no one kept count anymore.MoreLess
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