Mortimer Studsbury clattered along the roads that led to the Studsbury House; his family’s old country retreat quite a ways outside Corrington’s capital. For months, he had pushed aside the anxieties of returning home to face the ledger books he knew must be in disarray after the passing of his father. His deep thoughts briefly silenced the clanking and shuffling of boots and armor filing along behind him. He glanced to his rear to behold an armored troop in red cloaks. They were weary; few i