In the heart of the city of Valnothron was its Citadel. A vast fortress and the seat of it's government. It had store houses, armories, parade grounds, mage's quarters, mage's workshops, war rooms, the state's most infamous torture chambers and dungeons, courtrooms, grand halls, dining halls, barracks, slave dormitories and offices. Both those which were operated mainly by Dark Elves and those operated by mainly by slaves.Han Manvinson was one of these as a calculator, living a life of quiet monotony in the Citadel's walls adding figures up. To keep the war up against The Eternal Foe the Dark Elves kept extensive records of all the resources they had in their lands to get the most out of them. This meant there was always work foe him to do. He lived a life better than most slaves and was more or less content with things the way they were. He had been given a wife and they had made two sons and two daughters. He was quite proud that his Eldest was sold off for three hundred and forty six scimitars to house Valcas a year ago, Citadel trained scribes were highly prized, even though it meant he would in all likelyhood never see him again.In his cramped scriptorium he worked on his various projects, adding up figures and sending them out to their destinations. He had several things going at once, as usual was adding up figures for this year's Spider Silk production when he had a bundle of new papers. A few of which were marked as high priority for the military and were from other states. As such he began. It involved commitments of soldiers to an ongoing war by various foreign houses against a nation called "Infrastructure". As usual they were left in the Dark about this beyond the usual lines that they were agents of The Eternal Foe was that they were unusually powerful for said minions, had just arisen and had an affinity for steel. There were other rumors about them as well, ranging from those that he could believe (like them having a fondness for muskets, cannons and wearing heavy steel armor) to the less credible (that they were lead by metal golems). Even so he had been tasked with crunching of numbers.He added up what forces were being pledged quickly, made some calculations based on the rough quality of the troops listed and found out that they added up to just over the mark he was given. As such, he signed the proper notes, put his notes into a cylinder and given his instructions he made his way quickly to the Coalition's war room. At first he thought that he would just drop it off with the secretary and be done with it. He did not expect to see Lady Valcas walking to a meeting in the corridor near it."Most high Mistress!" He said as he bowed and faced the floor, holding up the cylinder. "I bare your report on troop commitments. The army that you called to be gathered has been pledged!"She took the cylinder, "Finally some good news." She said in a pleased tone of voice "Return to your post." He bowed even further and scurried back. It might be the case that he would receive a minor reward for giving this report. Whatever the Infrastructurals were, soon they would face an onslaught that would lay them to waste.Previous- imperator-zor.deviantart.com/a… Next- www.deviantart.com/art/Infrast…