"At least 10,000 people have frozen to death... I'm not joking, General! Our civilians are starving!" The wrinkles on the Prime Minister of the Ice Cold Empire's face twisted as he spoke, making him appear even older: "If the people's morale collapses, the military can hardly continue as well."
"I understand everything you said, but there is no solution right now, we can only wait. My Prime Minister, if the convoy delayed by snow arrives, then I can order some troops to return part of the 'requisitioned' civilian clothing." Chief of Staff Larb explained.
In reality, the number of civilians frozen to death within Furnace Fortress is certainly far more than 10,000, but currently, no one is actually keeping track of such numbers because it would be meaningless anyway.
In peacetime, thousands of people would freeze to death here every year, let alone now, in this state of war? Actually, everyone knows that every day, roughly thousands of civilians die among the ruinous debris.
