As mundane as the items seemed, they were a big part of his plans for the war. The day before the final spade was finished, the first heavy snows started to fall around the capital. Thad wished they had held off for a few days more, but there was little he could do to control nature. With the spades finished and on their way to the eastern fort, Thad had plenty of things to catch up on. Thad had asked the queen for a more permanent name, but she assured him that the best names were not chosen but earned. With the first snow also came the feeling of time running out and the gathering of the war council. The council was not large and only consisted of those that both Thad and Maria trusted. Thad looked around at the mixed group. Duchess Alysia, whose niece was now queen of Abla, was one of the few nobles Thad trusted and was in charge of troop supply. Meredith, a scholar from the royal school who had taken up an almost obsessive study of magic since she had heard of Thad, was in charge of magical assistance, though her task was mostly procuring items that the mages needed for their craft.
