Chapter 214: The Burden of Light
Thann's End, The Southern Gate Road
Davis's POV
Fifty of us rode out through the massive, iron-reinforced gates of Thann's End, the rhythmic clank of heavy barding, iron stirrups, and steel-toed boots providing a monotonous, grinding cadence against the frozen dirt road.
At our front, Paladin Aurin sat perfectly straight and unyielding in his saddle, his posture a flawless, irritatingly rigid testament to decades of absolute martial devotion.
The heavy linen of the War Priests' banner snapped violently against his lance in the biting alpine wind, its intricately embroidered golden sun emblem seeming to mock the oppressive, bruised-purple sky hanging like a fresh welt over the mountainous landscape.
