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Lauryn Auriol

Lauryn Auriol saw the flames rolling in the distance, nearly a mile away. She had assumed the worse as she ordered her men to swiften the paces of their horse as they now ran towards the wall the banner of Advara flowing in the wind behind her along with the personal banner of house Auriol.

Mere minutes had past and her guard were approaching the fortified wall and battlements of the border. She had slowed her pace as she looked seeing none had seemed to penetrated the gate, she had also heard a familiar horn; she knew this was the horn of retreat custom to Venteran officers and generals. She looked up to the wall and saw the burning tower and the few men left on the wall in a defensive formation, and among them she saw the face of a man whom she had seen on the battlefield many times in the past. She ordered her guard to secure the walls and gate and dismounted her mount and took off her banner and held it in hand as she scaled the steps until she was on the same level as Sergei and his few warriors.

The woman now stead less than 10 meters (roughly 30 feet) away from the man safely behind 4 of her elite guard. She had her hand set on the hilt of her rapier and handed the banner to a nearby guard as she walked a few feet forward. She was wearing her armor and took off the helmet as she started to speak. "Sergei Kottorov, High General of Wintercliff... It seems to me that you have been caught by my forces". She used her hand and pushed the hair out of her face to get a better look at the man in the eyes for a moment as she thought of what she would do and how her action would affect her vision from the previous nights.

She turned away from the man as she walked away slowly looking at the battle field where Venteran corpses sit burning and the bodies of her own men sat ont he wall. Her head looked over her shoulder slightly. "Send his men to the gate and allow them to live... Sergei stays as I require him for something" She walked a few more steps. "He is not a prisoner as of yet, keep this in mind". She started walking down once more and her men looked shocked as Lauryn was not one known to be merciful to captives. This was very strange to them as they opened the gate and let all but Sergei leave.