Standing on the wall above the main gate to the castle, Koren looked down at his new tunic, the same shade of purple that the wizard usually wore. With a yellow lightning bolt down the center, as an insignia. When they couldn’t find a proper servant’s outfit for Koren in the tower, Kyre had his maids cut up an old set of purple drapes to make several sets of tunics for Koren to wear, when Koren was going on about Lord Salva’s official business in the castle. Since a lightning bolt was the court wizard's official insignia, Kyre decided on his own to add one to Koren's official outfits. Koren hoped Paedris would approve. The army wound its way slowly up the streets of the city, through the gate in the thick walls of the castle. Koren thought he had never seen such a magnificent sight. Horses had been brushed until their coats shone, soldiers with polished armor gleaming, pennants of the nobles to which the various army units belonged, and at the head of the column, Paedris and the army unit’s captain.
