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Regina smelled smoke and heard the muffled thunder of distant cannon fire as she strode through the little village of Grimmenhagen. She walked because she'd left her horse with Dorothea, so she could sell it and bribe the priests of Morr to bury their mother in a proper cemetery, even though she had changed.
The Averland spear company she had marched with on her trip north bustled off to their new billet and left her alone in the town square, looking around and feeling a bit lost. She'd made it to the war. Now what was she supposed to do? Who did she report to?
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