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    Skirmishes along the border running between Grazlin and Rozim had been growing more serious in the southwest of the continent. The two neighboring kingdoms have a history of war against one another. Thus, the necessity for the Rozim to build the military border wall of Auzker, however, the siege weapons and destructive ability of the Grazlin had increased greatly since the wall’s original construction. There has been a breach in the southern part of the wall thought caused by the Grazlin military recently. This incident took the area from simple skirmishes to a full blown battle verging on all out war.
    There are two generals on the opposing sides in that southern area of the kingdoms. These generals command large armies far from home out from under the watchful eyes of their kings’ and minders. For all intents and purposes these two generals are kings’ in their own right in the south. Power over life and death lay in their hands. They both suffer from the same disease of the mind causing inflamed ego and the crushing need to be coddled and recognized as great men, yet lacking the qualities great men possess, both having attainted their positions through bribery and nepotism. Due to this arrogance, two days after the breach in the wall there were two armies facing each other ready to settle affairs violently. The Grazlin general claimed that a lone wolf terrorist not even enlisted in the military sabotaged the wall and his men were in no way responsible as this was not a military operation. Saying he therefore, saw this massing of men by Rozim as an attack on Grazlin, he stated they would defend their land. They had fielded twelve thousand men, three thousand of which were cavalry. As for the Rozim general, his declaration stated there was direct evidence the breach was in fact a sanctioned Grazlin military operation carried out using special tactics. Therefore, he also saw this as an attack on Rozim and vowed to defend his homeland with all necessary force. Fielding fifteen thousand men, the Rozim had a slight numerical advantage. However, they possessed no cavalry.
    Such is the nonexistent wisdom of men; let us war and kill one another over fallen stone. As the golden orb of the sun beat down upon the two armies standing in the mid afternoon heat, they remained motionless, banners flapping in the breeze, when there was a breeze. The armor glinting in the sun dazzled the watching eye, creating the illusion of a moving body of water instead of a mass of soldiers. The two generals and their envoys marched out of the body of their armies and proceeded to the middle of the battlefield between the two forces, ready to parlay. As they approached one another they reined their finely decorated horses in and brought them to a halt. The generals would not speak to each other, only exchange icy glances. The Grazlin envoy spoke, “On behalf of the lord marshal of the southern Grazlin army you are hereby ordered to withdraw or face military action.” The Rozim envoy in return unrolled his scroll. “The Grazlin sabotage on the Auzker wall constitutes an act of war, withdraw and rebuild the damage or face military action.” There followed an awkward silence, broken only by the whiny of the horses. After several moments, “It appears we are at an impasse then.” Spoke the Grazlin general. “It would appear so,” replied the Rozim general in kind.  There was a further pause of a few seconds as the gravity of the situation began to set in for both generals who had always been more about pomp and show than actual fighting.
    Each general then pulled away with their envoy following and began the march back to their armies. So it would be war, and the blood would flow again today, for no reason other than the madness of men, as it has since the concept of time was created. The generals, from their safe perches gave the signal to move forward, the order moved down the lines from commander to commander. March