The Hidden City (1994)
“Fully half of his armored knights had perished in the encounter with Klæl’s soldiers, and very few of the survivors had escaped serious injury. Vanion had ridden forth from Sarna with an army. He was returning at the head of a column of groaning invalids, battered and dented, after what had really been no more than a skirmish.
Four Atans carried Engessa on a litter, and Queen Betuana strode along at his side, her face ravaged with grief. Vanion sighed. Engessa was still breathing, but only ...barely.
The Preceptor straightened in his saddle, trying to shake off his shock and dismay and to think rationally. The fight with Klæl’s warriors had decimated his force of Church Knights, and they had been central to the strategy of containment. Without those armored horsemen, the eastern frontier of Tamul Proper was no longer secure.
Vanion muttered a sour oath. The only thing he could really do now was to warn the others about the change in the situation.MoreLess
Four Atans carried Engessa on a litter, and Queen Betuana strode along at his side, her face ravaged with grief. Vanion sighed. Engessa was still breathing, but only ...barely.
The Preceptor straightened in his saddle, trying to shake off his shock and dismay and to think rationally. The fight with Klæl’s warriors had decimated his force of Church Knights, and they had been central to the strategy of containment. Without those armored horsemen, the eastern frontier of Tamul Proper was no longer secure.
Vanion muttered a sour oath. The only thing he could really do now was to warn the others about the change in the situation.MoreLess
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