After accepting the assignment, Allen spent his days in a constant rush of work and travel. Suppressing rebellions was not particularly difficult in an age resembling the Middle Ages.
In places where rebellion had not yet surfaced but warning signs had appeared, Allen sent the Nords in his company to visit the locals, drink with them, and use money to coax out information about anything unusual happening in the villages.
There were always villagers eager enough for money to reveal information of uncertain truth in exchange for Denars.
To Allen, however, whether the information was true hardly mattered. As long as there was something to go on, it was enough. He had come to stamp out rebellion, not play the righteous magistrate.
All he had to do was follow the clues and arrest the highest-ranking rebels as quickly as possible. That usually settled the matter. Most rebels were little more than a rabble, and without leaders to rally them, they could scarcely cause much trouble.
Those who offered no resistance were locked up to await a thorough investigation after the war. Even if he arrested the wrong people, it still served as a warning to the others.
Those who resisted were clearly hiding something, and killing them on the spot was the quickest and most suitable solution.
As for places that had already raised their banners in open rebellion, his army marched in and crushed them outright. Every leader was hanged, and all the small fry were arrested and put to hard labor. They were wiped out with overwhelming force.
That kept several rebel bands from gathering together and becoming a greater threat.
Yet rebellions across the country spread like wildfire. No sooner had one been extinguished than a messenger came fleeing from somewhere else, carrying an urgent appeal for