Chapter 106: Count Nidor Pagnars Gift.
"House Aurellion."
"I had long heard of their exploits while serving under the emperor of Chavaria."
"But since the death of Lucius Aurellion and their fall from power, I, like many others, just thought of them as another failed upstart noble house who fell due to sticking out too much.
"Until that day."
"The day I received a message from the Count Nidor Pagnar."
"Detailing the scheme they pulled off in Detarnor and claiming they both thought of it and led its execution."
"Since then, I have always watched for members of that fallen noble house."
"And for that 10-year-old lord who seemed far more capable than people could ever have expected."
Kodjis Kendari, Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Nathia.
....
Nidor, the Count of Brineyard, gazed upon Duke Ridorfin’s capital; its tall stone walls loomed ominously overhead as even 60 miles away, they could be seen in the distance. Behind him, a trail of prisoners was dragged along in a long line. Each man was tied to the man in front of them in a coffle-like manner as they were led along to certain death; the end of the rope was in the hands of one of the knights that accompanied the count on his ’hunting trip’ though what he actually hunted was debatable.
Because humans were not something that people typically thought of as prey.