169 - Why did I do that?

With the snow, Joras often could not fight his way out to the villages. He managed once more before the snow grew so deep the horses could not manage, even if he stamped a trail out for them. And 2nd Amitzas wanted no trails to us, even from a plowed road. The high road was plowed with oxen, and this year they were in short supply, since the war had depleted the horse stocks, people turned