At the decisive moment, the lord’s soldiers arrived confident and hungry; what they found was a people unwilling to be moved. They met unexpected resistance—not because of a single great wound inflicted by one blade, but because the palace, its wing, and the river were defended by a web: allies old and new, supplies divested, smugglers turned couriers, and songs that told of the land’s worth. The lord retreated, his banners limp with disappointment.
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