Lyonya.\u00a0 The rest should be obvious.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is early in Book Three but should not contain any terrible spoilers other than the king is fighting, which you probably suspected would happen at some point<\/p>\n
.\u00a0 Obviously, first draft.<\/p>\n
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Kieri shifted his weight; Banner shortened into collection and half-pass in counter-canter, bringing Kieri directly to one of those in mid-change.\u00a0 Kieri’s sword-stroke took the creature across the middle, splitting a still-soft carapace.\u00a0 On the backswing he took the second.\u00a0 Even as he looked back, Banner snorted and changed leads, swinging his hindquarters around.<\/p>\n
————————-At this point in his reign, Kieri has been targeted by enemies more than once, but the current situation is the most serious so far.\u00a0\u00a0 Lyonyans, unlike Tsaians, and even more unlike some other groups, do not demand that their sovereign lead troops in the field–in fact, they’d rather he stayed safe somewhere.\u00a0 But that’s in part because they haven’t much military experience and do not know the value of a leader who leads as opposed to a manager from the rear…yes, it’s risky, but the example of a leader\u00a0 has, through history,\u00a0 contributed to military success.\u00a0\u00a0 Certainly for the size of force and cultures involved, personal command and leadership are highly effective.\u00a0\u00a0 In Lyonya right now, Kieri and Aliam Halveric are the only experienced combat commanders.<\/p>\n
There’s more to this scene, but it’s otherwise studded with spoilers for both previous books, so…this is it for the time being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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