1345. The Women of the Plantagenet Palace (Part One)
Greeny Island, the City of Mist, Plantagenet Palace.
King Louis had just finished meeting with the envoy from Helms Island. He hadn't even had a cup of royal tea before, still weary from his journey, he summoned the ministers of war to the palace to discuss the course of the war.
The Pioneer Legion had promptly delivered the news that East Prussia had been shrouded in a curtain of eternal night and that the Calamity of Chaos had erupted there. Over the past few days, while diplomats discussed the question of sovereignty with General Effie, the new governor of Helms Island, the king had already issued orders and made arrangements for the war.
In that respect, King Louis was a competent ruler.
He had immediately sent the kingdom's finest troops, the Greeny Legion, across the sea to the mainland. They would pass through Calais Province, reach Anjou Province, and then support the East Prussian front. A complete steam railway ran along that route, so the Old Guard advanced at great speed. By the early hours of the second day of the three-day eternal night, they had reached the Anjou border, where they joined forces with the Capet family's troops to halt the ratmen and the Chaos vanguard.
That was why Golden Peach Peachy and Lord Heather's forces had been able to stop Blackie's vessel at the Great Tret Mine.
It wasn't that Blackie didn't want to leave. It and its army had been trapped at the border, unable to advance an inch.
The Old Guard's excellent performance had prevented the curtain of eternal night from spreading farther into the kingdom. However, this elite legion was also facing Chaos for the first time. They could hold the border, but launching a counterattack