The representative from the king’s council, Brutus, was a paunch bellied man with a gruff and professional exterior. Plithy, the viscount, reported directly to King Aston Tiemen and was administrator of militia events. This man was as thin and wiry as a thistle. Then there was General Commander Orson, old and not fit for combat any longer, but his reputation was frightening. He even fought alongside Father in his younger years.