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> SELECTED: “Then, for the cause of our Kingdom of Heaven, we shall proceed.” Dame Danaca’s account will be recorded by Antoninus, a skilled scribe. Such encounters with the Dread Lord’s that left survivors have been few and far between in Romaine’s history, the details of this must be recorded for posterity. Should the Angel have it writ that you yourself do not see the sun rise on a reconquered Ardenne, there will at least be another arrow in the quiver of knowledge carried by future generations willing to take up the fight. You cannot risk even the slightest detail being left out. [Divine]
>In addition to directing Antoninus to refrain from interruptions or questions until the end, you join the sword sister in prayer before beginning to help steele her resolve.
<span class="mu-s">Fenegan, 29th Day of Estrimun, 883 A.C.E. - A Survivor’s Account of the Ardenne attack on Fort Wawel dated 881 A.C.E. (Cantonion Calendar)</span>
The subject is a Cantonion female named Dame Danaca of the Order of the Silver Rose, a military group composed entirely of female soldiery.* Born in the winter of 860 A.C.E. to a minor noble house of Romaine, at the time of this account they were
<span class="mu-i">I should start by telling you a little bit about Fort Wawel, where I was stationed for several years until that night on the 7th day of Ardenrise. Like many of the eastern border forts, was garrisoned by a full-time force of ten holy knights of the Comitas order. The original structure was a modified manor that dated back to before the Night of the Three Sisters,** in the years since Dread Ardenne came into being with the new tenuous borders the hold had been significantly fortified with a tower, stone battlements and a lower wooden palisade circle wall.
The attached convent was situated in a revised wing of the old manor. You might question the wisdom of such a place being situated on the borders of our Duchy, but it was in reality something closer to a halfway home for women in the region that had come there for sanctuary, most of them being of common birth in origin. Some had fled abuse at the hands of living relatives or spouses, and others had either been cast out or were themselves the survivors of previous external misfortunes or earlier attacks. Few of the women present at Fort Wawel had yet formally taken vows, the actual nuns were there to train the noviates in the basic duties of convent life before they transferred further west to more secure and well established abbey’s or to look after those vulnerable souls that were not themselves taking holy orders but still in need of care and support. Sister Hildegard was the superior entrusted with their care, at the time exactly one-score and nine souls, along with two other initiated sisters, Sister Therese and Sister Magdalene. It was Brother-Sergeant Lukiel who held command of the fort itself.</span>
*Note to Reader: This being a notable exception to the ordinarily masculine martial tradition of that northern realm.
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