Cold winter winds shook the towering, evergreen trees in the forest, sending large clumps of snow crashing to the ground below and adding an unsteady rhythm of -FWUMP- sounds to the more common noises of an army camped in the depths of winter.
The forces under Dame Sybyll's command had assembled in the wilderness outside Hanrahan town more than a day ago, and they immediately began making preparations for their assault on the town.
The Golden Eyed soldiers who had once been part of the Black Wolf Brigade formed the core of the Second Army, and as soon as the servants in camp began pitching tents, the wolf-like soldiers had spread through the forest, stripping it of any game larger than a feral hog in order to stretch the supplies of the army of over three hundred people.
