The ship unfurled its sails, and Sovell and his two companions officially began their journey to France.
The three naturally kept busy aboard the ship. Besides their daily sparring, Sovell used his spare time between deconstructing the magecraft foundation to draw up a mission list-
Ultimate objective: form an alliance with King Ban and King Bors as envoys of the Red Dragon Royal Court.
Immediate objective: help the two kings repel King Claudus.
Method of execution: diplomacy & military intervention.
As for why Sovell and his companions had chosen to ally with King Ban and King Bors rather than the more powerful King Claudus...
That went back to events during King Uther's reign...
Twenty or thirty years ago, King Claudus had still been a vassal of the King of Gaul. Then, one year, the royal house of Gaul had suddenly collapsed for unknown reasons.
King Claudus and King Aramon of Brittany had come into conflict over a territorial dispute.
War had eventually broken out, and King Aramon had appealed to Uther, the former Dragonhead, for aid. King Claudus had been defeated.
Now, after several decades, King Claudus had grown powerful once again.
As King Aramon's vassals, King Ban and King Bors had naturally become targets of King Claudus's revenge.
King Aramon had passed away three years ago. His current successor was mediocre and incompetent, too preoccupied with his own troubles to protect his two nominal vassals.
Sovell and his companions were nominally envoys of the Red Dragon Royal Court, the successor to King Uther's Royal Court. Naturally, they could not help King Claudius, who bore a grudge against their own court.
Although their real purpose was to help King Ban and King Bors repel an outside enemy, they certainly could not simply march over and say so. They needed a