"We've got to get the Iron Company down here right away."
Elsa nodded. "An entire village's population wiped out... Women, children... This is an act of war if there ever was one. I'll make sure you get more manpower. And an experienced battle commander; maybe Valdes, he must be getting bored in Mirino, and he is Lord-Lieutenant of the South. It's not as if Sforza's soldiers have a whole lot of places to be."
In fact, if the enemy intended to sit on Nath, she might even move back to Manann's Keep after getting Tatiana and her things from Savonne. Her place was on the front lines.
Elsa was glad to hear of Moltke's intention to stay in the Broken Reaches; she was about to try to convince her to do just that. At the mention of Moltke's status, however, she smirked.
"Hmm, we'll see what can be done in terms of long-term accommodations," she said noncommittally, "but you'll find that the Border Princes are... rather more meritocratic than most realms. Titles and status don't necessarily carry over, unless they include the command of armies. I'm not exactly lowborn, myself, and it took me a few months before I earned my own bedroom."
She cut herself a slab of cheese and munched on it. "So. Moltke. How'd you end up among the Morrites, anyway?"
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Is Moltke a first name or a last name?
On the subject of Klammenberg, she said: "He's a mortal man. An illusionist of moderate power, but still a mortal man. It'll be harder to catch him than to fight him.